We Cannot Cheat God!!!

1 Kings 14:6  

"And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came 

in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam;

why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am 

sent to thee with heavy tidings." 

    How blind we become when we sin against our conscience! "Each act of willful sin puts another shade on the window of the soul." “Their foolish heart was darkened,”  "Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened," (Rom. 1:21). Surely if the prophet were able to predict the issue of this sickness, he would be able to penetrate the mother’s disguise, although she brought only the gifts of a poor peasant woman. 

    Jeroboam had devised this ruse, partly, because he did not wish the nation to know that he was consulting a prophet of Jehovah-an act which might invalidate his new temple and the calves, and also because he wanted to get a more favorable answer than that which he anticipated in case the prophet recognized the inquirer. We may disguise ourselves as we will, but we cannot cheat God, and no dissembling can ever turn away the arrow that speeds straight to the guilty heart.
    Jewish historians say that the exception was made in Abijahs case,  "And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam," (1Kgs. 14:13), because he interceded with his father that all Israelites who wished might be allowed to go to the feasts at Jerusalem, without being penalized. There is always discrimination in the divine judgments. How often God has brought beautiful lives out of foul surroundings, as the pure lily-cup out of a muddy pond! 

Amen!

Reading: (1 Kgs. 14:1-16)

Ref: (HG SB)

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry