Day 109: 1 Kings 13:17 - 15:34

Although there's alot in the passage to talk about, I primarily want to focus on the prophet from Judah. God told him straight up that he was not allowed to eat or drink anything in Israel but that he was supposed to deliver his message and then get back to Judah. Everything was going fine until the prophet from Israel came and lied to him about God saying that he was supposed to stick around and have a quick meal in Israel. Sadly enough, this kind of thing happens in the church all of the time and the people of God need to learn how to recognize it and stay away from it. As a general rule, God's not going to just suddenly change His mind and tell you to do the exact opposite of what He originally told you to do. We must always be careful not to listen to those people who say they hear God, but have no fruit or anything in their lives to show that they are Godly people. If we're not careful, we could find ourselves like the prophet from Judah - dead, alone, and he didn't even get his real name mentioned in the story.

- Lord, help me to guard myself against the false prophets who go around telling people that God told them certain things just so they can get ahead in life. Give me discernment so that I can see through those lies and protect myself from being fooled like our dear friend, "the Prophet from Judah." -