February 24, 2005
Whoa!
I'm making some coffee right now. A good friend of mine gave me some excellent Lion coffee from Hawaii for Christmas. It's flavored with caramel. The scent is strong.
In 1 Kings 20 we see a guy named Ahab (no, he's not an Arab). An opposing king, Ben-Hadad, taunts him and foretells what he's going to do to Israel. But one of God's prophets comes to Ahab and tells him that victory is his. Sure enough, they go out and attack the opposing army and defeat them. The prophet tells Ahab to be ready (and strengthened), because the king of Aram (confused by these names yet?) will attack again in Spring. They were telling each other that Israel's God was just a "god of the hills," and if they met them on a plain, their gods wouldn't help them. But this was not to be so, as God kind of took offense to this insult and helped Israel inflict 100,000 casualties in one day. The rest of the Aramean's escaped to the city of Aphek, where the wall collapsed on 27,000 of them. Ben-Hadad dressed up with his men in sackcloth and asked for mercy. Ahab signed a treaty with them, allowing him to live.
God's prophet did something interesting (I'd like to know his name, but he's not identified here): He asked his companion to strike him, but his companion refused. He told him, "Because you have not obeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you." And that's exactly what happened -- a lion found him and killed him. The prophet asked a second man to strike him, which he did. Then the prophet stood by the side of the road with his headband down over his eyes, waiting for the king. He presented a story to the king to illustrate to him, "You have set free a man I had determined should die. Therefore it is your life for his life, your people for his people." Wow. King Ahab's future did not look good at this point.
This was some enjoyable reading this morning.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at February 24, 2005 09:59 AMHead got saved!!!
Guitarist Brian "Head" Welch, a founding member of
Korn, has left the band and has rededicated his life
to Christianity, according to the group's management.
"Korn has parted ways with guitarist Brian 'Head'
Welch, who has chosen Jesus Christ as his savior, and
will be dedicating his musical pursuits to that end,"
a statement from the band reads. "Korn respects
Brian's wishes, and hopes he finds the happiness he's
searching for."
http://www.korn.com/korn/index.php?newsID=1
Praise God!!! Let's pray for Head to keep his focus on God, and to enter into ministry when God feels he's ready, (think back to Bob Dylan's experience with Christianity).