1 Kings 22:18-23 The address of these verse where hidden from me but I knew the Word. For years I searched and could not find them. Why did you hide the address from me Lord?

Now if you go and read 1 Kings 22:18-23 you will find scripture that is arguable. Many can and do argue the bible points. But this devotional is not about that. It is about the reason behind the hidden address.

Last night a young woman who struggles in the Word came to ask a very pointed question concerning the issues contained there. As I heard her read the verses I recognized the Word I had in my heart but was lacking the address.

“Praise the Lord, that he has spoken to you in this!” I told her. “I have been searching for years for this very address and the Lord has hidden it from me and now has used you to send me that answer.”

This is the way of the Lord, to take and build confidence in children that they do hear God and that God can and does use them in service to His will. She answered my plea but did not know she was used of God until I confessed my need to her.

Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

I had to wait years to hear His voice on this and when the moment came, I was pleased to edify her in that moment. It was worth the wait. The issue that awaits me in 1 Kings 22:18-23 still lies before me, but the issue of the hidden address has been put to rest.

Never underestimate God’s ability to use you in service to the saints. Do not doubt God can speak thru you.

Psalm 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

There is an enormous amount of planning, finance, destruction and construction in building roads. In this I see the efforts of man in trying to follow the way. The Way as in “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life”. For some it is logical and work worthy of effort. They strive to perform. They plan carefully and devote personal resources to the effort, even making sacrifices to achieve their goal.

It would be devastating to do all that hard work and come to the end of the road only to find that it led to nothing. The road to nowhere was constructed in Alaska by a government that valued the effort and use of resources more than the destination. That road really exists. In this sense building the way is the same thing as building a road that leads nowhere.

The Way already exists, you do not have to destroy anything to build it.

John 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

God’s judgment already exist. Choosing the Way is to stand on that which already exists and not choosing for ourselves, but rather standing on what God has already established.

Mark 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

Washing pots and cups is work but it doesn’t get you out of the kitchen. It leads nowhere. It is Martha in the kitchen while Mary sits at the feet of Jesus.

Luke 10:41-42 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.