Sreedhar's Journey

I love the way history is recorded so that we can see what happened, and possibly learn from it. However, many historians do not speak up and get heard. Perhaps they feel that they are in a dying profession where the future prospects are poor or even dead. The Bible records history like no other. This statement provides some background to the historical account of how King Ahab died. 2 Chronicles 18:6, But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not still a prophet of the Lord here, that we may inquire of Him?” Jehoshaphat is a Godly king. He becomes great friends with the king of Israel. Perhaps there was some move to reunite the two kingdoms. However, this was not to be. Ahab had 400 prophets tell him that he will win a battle. When a prophet of God was called, he surprisingly gave the same message. However, he also delivered the bad news. He gave the background to the whole thing that happened in heaven. This prophet was like Hanani. He was prepared to suffer the consequences for d...

Have you made mistakes in your life when you got angry for the wrong reasons? I have. I wish I could go back and correct what I did or said. One of them that I need to do with most is my darling companion of almost 26 years. Moses (the man that had one of the closest encounter with God) and Aaron also had bad tempers and this resulted in them not entering Canaan. Numbers 20:2, Now there was no water for the congregation; so they gathered together against Moses and Aaron. Yes again the people of Israel got angry with them and this caused Moses to get angry. He spoke with fierce words and hit the rock twice with his rod, instead of speaking to it. Based on God's instruction, God wanted to demonstrate the power of the spoken word. But it was not to be. Miriam is recorded as having died at the beginning of the chapter, and Aaron at the end. However, let's learn from this mistake. God wants us to speak with faith for His glory. Do not let God down by not allowing him to use the p...