WARFARE WHISPER

INTENT CHANGES WITH KNOWLEDGE


SEE ISAIAH 39

There was an account with Hezekiah after he recovered from his sickness. He was visited by messengers from Babylon with letters and gifts from the King. Hezekiah was so excited about having been recovered that he showed the men all that the Lord had done and how she had blessed him so. He held nothing back. This circumstance prompted the Lord to send the prophet Isaiah with a message  concerning what he had done. He prophesied that they would soon return to take it all!
The Babylonians have always been enemies of the cross whether at war or for peace because of their idolatry. They did not acknowledge the Most High. Therefore, having recently been delivered from Assyria, he should have been more cautious concerning those he allowed in the palace. As it is written concerning details of the visitors, they seemed to have come with good intentions. However, after being privileged to see what they did see in the house of the true and living God and all he provided, as well as his many treasures, their intent changed. How Godly can someone be if they don’t serve the true and living God? How can they show the fruits of the Spirit, if they don’t have the Holy Spirit? Faithfulness, peace, ethics, integrity, and discretion come with knowing God.
Sometimes we ourselves open doors for friendly fire by allowing people to see too much or speaking too much to someone that has no intentions on being a part of the Kingdom of righteousness. There are appointed times to share a testimony as led by the Holy Spirit. There are other times where you may look back and see that your revealing of certain things was not for the purposes of edification but of foolishness. We have done those things that didn’t edify or build but brought forth self-infliction because of choosing to share with the wrong person. Though you may have had good intentions because of your humility and wanting to boast somewhat in what the Lord has done, not all are Israel that came forht from Israel. Everyone is not on the same level of spiritual maturity to handle certain revelations with discretion, even if they say they can. For this same reason did Jesus Christ bring forth His Word with mystery and revealed himself by His Holy Spirit at His appointed time. He will not put more on us than we can bear.
Some people that you fellowship with may be wonderful, God-fearing and loving individuals. However, you may invite them for dinner and they get a glimpse of what the Lord has done for you and sometimes the intent changes. They may see your home and its size or how many vehicles you may have and then opinions start to circulate in their mind. How did they get that? How did they afford that? Did they get that with church funds? Then they try to come up with reasons within themselves why you shouldn’t live the way that you live or that you shouldn’t have what you have. Sometimes because of what a persons has seen, they try to pattern their life around yours. However, they don’t know the testimony of the work that the Lord wrought on the potter’s wheel to get you to that place. They may not want to go through what you’ve gone through but they want the end result of what they have seen in your life. Nonetheless, that wasn’t the original intent. That’s what makes it friendly fire. Most encounters often start humble and innocent. So you must guard your heart. Be an effective gatekeeper. Protect what the Lord has given you by His Spirit. I am not suggesting that you isolate yourself and keep secrets. I am, however, saying be wise as a serpent yet gentle as a dove. Yield to the Holy Spirit completely to discern the righteousness of His will.

​- A GOD CHASER