FAITH CAPSULE: Every disguise against the word of God is an avenue to self-destruction. 

2 Chronicles 18: 28-34, Mark 10:46-52

When Ahab, the King of Israel, invited Jehoshaphat, the King of Judah, to join forces with him against Ramoth Gilead, he refused to listen to the warning of the prophet Micaiah against war.
Ahab listened to the prophecy of his chosen four hundred prophets. 
When it was time to go to war, King Ahab told Jehoshaphat, “…I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you put on your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.” (2 Chronicles 18:29) 
Despite a true prophecy not to go to the war, he decided to go by way of disguising himself. 
In life, there is no right way outside of the truth of God. 
King Ahab went on as planned, but the war was against him. 
King Jehoshaphat did not disguise but depended on God. 
As the war intensified, Jehoshaphat was on the side of God. 
2 Chronicles 18:31 records, “…when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, “It is the king of Israel!” Therefore, they surrounded him to attack, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him, and God diverted them from him.”  
Ahab chose to disguise to become destroyed in the hand of his enemy. 
There is no way unto salvation in any area of life but to call on the Savior. Who are you crying out to? 
In times of challenge, crying out to God is deliverance.  
Does your situation sound like that of a stranded one? 
Cry out to Jesus for His divine intervention. 
During the days of Bartimaeus, Jesus was passing while Bartimaeus was in the right location to encounter Jesus when he cried out loud for mercy. It could be time to identify and accept that your challenge needs a cry out loud. 
Cry in your closet or outside, and ignore the surrounding multitude, the hinderer of life, as the evil.
In your cry out, call on Him as His known for answering the calling upon Him.
Bartimaeus demonstrated that he did not just know about Jesus, but he knew Him as deliverance and healer.
The ignorance of the crowd that followed Jesus is limited to understanding, and they attempted to stop Bartimaeus from crying out to Jesus. 
Bartimaeus knew Jesus.
He cried, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 
Do you know Him enough to call Him to a standstill and have Him attend to you? 
In the calling of Bartimaeus, “…Jesus stood still and commanded Him to be called” (Mark 10:49) 
The Blind man received his sight and followed Jesus on the road. (Mark 11:52) 
Jehoshaphat did not disguise but cried out loud to gain his salvation.
Ahab disguised against the word of God to die a sudden death.

Prayer for today: Ask God to open your understanding and know to live right for His glory.