TODAY’S MANNA MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2018. TOPIC: MISTAKEN IDENTITY

TODAY’S MANNA

MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2018

TOPIC: MISTAKEN IDENTITY
TEXT: 2 CHRONICLES 18:28-34
1) THE KEY VERSE: 
“And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him” 

(2 Chronicles 18:31)
2) THE TEXT:

(2 CHRONICLES 18: 28 – 34 KJV)
“28. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
29. And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
30. Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel.
31. And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
32. For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.
33. And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
34. And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.”
3) THE MESSAGE:
i) In Tibet, there is a social system called the caste system, which has been maintained for a long time. It is a system where one’s birth determines

a) what they do or 

b) who they become in life and society. 
ii) People are born either as outcasts, priests or as lower caste depending on the kind of family or clan they were born into. 
iii) Once a person is born in a particular caste, it would be almost impossible for such a person to move up the social ladder to assume another status. 
iv) Recently, reliable sources say that some people started breaking the jinx by dressing and acting the way the higher caste people do things and are often mistaken as being born into the caste to which they now appear to be. 
v) Mistaken identity could be sometimes very dangerous especially when it comes to matters of life and death. 

a) Ahab, in the text, had tricked Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, to dress and be mistaken for the enemy target. This almost cost Jehoshaphat his life. 

a) Moses, while he fled from Egypt, was similarly mistaken for an Egyptian because of how he was dressed while he helped the daughters of his prospective employer, the Priest of Midian (Exodus 2:15-19). 
vi) Our dressing or how we appear, usually gives us away. People define us by how we look, while in most cases, we define ourselves by what we own. 
vii) As Christians, how we appear or comport ourselves to a large extent determines how well we can attract others to Christ and win them to the Lord.
viii) It is tragic for a believer to be categorised amongst sinners by his/her carriage or dressing. 
ix) It is doubly tragic to attempt to placate the world by our general outlook because of a damning appetite to be accepted by the world.
x) A real child of God comports himself/herself in righteousness and offers no apologies for the garb and tongue provided by God and for His glory.
4) THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: 
If you are a pilgrim, appear like one; don’t be like those on vanity fair.
5) BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 
PROVERBS 27-29
Good morning😁😁😁