What was majorly explained in yesterday’s devotional is that God alone knows secrets of people as well as that of the world. He alone can pick a man who will access secrets. Once God is not in the secrets received, those claiming to have access to His secrets are liars. Yes, secrets things belong to God and Him alone. Those He chooses to access these secrets in the Bible stand powerfully unique till date. Prophet Elijah was given the secret of the sin of Israel under King Ahab and suddenly appeared to announce absence of rain. The story of Elijah seemed to have jumped into the Bible. There were no mentions of his background history. He seemed appearing suddenly to announce three and half years of no rain in Israel (1 Kings 17: 1). Prophet Elijah was one filled with the knowledge of the true God of Israel. He came into the history of Israel when the nation was being taking over by Prophets of Baal. God endowed Prophet Elisha with ability to hear the secret meetings the King of Syria always had with his people till the King accused his soldiers of linking their secrets meeting to Elisha (2 Kings 6: 8 – 12). The present world needs a prophet like Elijah and Elisha who can be giving secrets of those working with other spirit beings in secret places.
Prophet Jeremiah was a custodian of receiving real words of God for his people against those prophesying falsehood. Jeremiah was chosen from his mother’s womb to be a dynamic and firing Prophet who would be sent to Kings and strongest leaders of Israel announcing God’s undiluted truth to them. We need such a person in the Century that has been overwhelmed with prophets not sent by God. He never compromised falsehood with truth. The present world needs firing Prophets who says what God says like Jeremiah. Jeremiah sees exactly what God shows him and says it exactly (Jer. 1: 11 – 12). Daniel knows God as one who reveals deep and secret things and knows what lies in darkness at his time (Dan. 2: 22). Daniel would later receive this unction from God that he was able to tell King Nebuchadnezzar the dream he had without the King first narrate the dreams. Daniel could go ahead telling the King meanings of the dreams (Dan. 2: 31 – 45).
We must mention Prophet Ezekiel here as an exceptional Prophet of God who God showed secrets of the Temple Elders and elders of Israel. Ezekiel was a great Prophet of God who the Spirit of moved to places spiritual secrets are hidden. He alone was shown the valley where the dried bones were (Ezek. 37: 1 – 14). The most difficult set of people to discern if they are righteous are those appearing outwardly to be pious, working in the houses of God. It takes only one who is a custodian of divine secrets to discover them. Prophet Ezekiel was able to discover how fake the elders of Israel who met him in Babylon to enquire as whether the LORD would spare their land (Ezek. 14: 3). Next devotional is deliberately devoted to Prophet Ezekiel and how God took him round to see secret things people did in the Temple of God in Israel. We present age Christians should desire such gift from God.
PRAYER:
OH LORD GOD, the present age is fill with mixed multitudes of people seeing visions and problems of others. This has created confusions in your vine yards. Kindly empower those who will discover the secrets of the fake prophets and seers in Jesus name.
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