I came across this entry from last month in my journal this morning. May you hear what the Lord is saying to you as you read this post. Meri Ford
August 23, 2015
God may use a
trumpet to speak forth truth but do not follow the trumpet but rather
seek to know the power that gave the trumpet voice.
In this hour we see
true things being spoken by many political and religious spokesmen.
We recognize that some of these things that are spoken forth are
true.
This morning I was
reading in Isaiah 22:9-10. They accurately saw “how many breaches
there were in the City of David” so they tore some houses down to
fortify the wall and protect their water supply.
HOWEVER, it pleased
not the God of the Angel Armies, Adonai Elohim, Tzva'ot, the Lord
God of Hosts, because they “didn't look to Him who made these
things.” They “had no respect for Him who fashioned them long
ago.” And the ruler in charge was building a fancy
tomb/inheritance for his own image.
In a day when many
voices are speaking, trumpeting forth in various ways what they see
that is wrong in this nation as they surveyed this country's borders
and economy, may we remember, it is not the trumpet we are to follow
or applaud. What the trumpet sees may be true and then again it may
sound discord. Either way, we are to look to the Lord God of Hosts
who made the earth and all who dwell within it and who has redeemed
the earth for His purposes.
It is likely men
will, in the midst of the noise of the trumpets, miss the sweet
little flute playing the melody of heaven amidst the clamour of the
multitudes of competing trumpets all declaring true things they see
and their recommended solutions.
