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2 Chronicles 18

King Jehoshaphat was established as king over < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Judah by God. He went and formed an alliance with King Ahab of Israel. They were to go to war that was disallowed by God. King Ahab gathered all the prophets together to inquire about going to the war. All the prophets gave him a green light claiming it was from God to go to war. Micaiah was the only prophet that spoke against the war because it was not of God. Ahab would not yield to MicaiahÕs message, but had made up his mind going to war. 2 Chronicles 18:29, ÒAnd the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, ÔI will disguise myself and go into battle; but you put on your robes.Õ So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.Ó As they go to war, Ahab disguised himself but Jehoshaphat did not. Disguising is deceiving, and deceiving is telling lies. God cannot be found where there is lying. Ahab wanted to play God. He provided himself security, forgetting that it is only when God protects that deliverance is certain. As the battle became intensified, Jehoshaphat cried out to God for help, which he got. 2 Chronicles 18:32, ÒFor so it was, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel that they turned back from pursuing him.Ó As Jehosaphat was enjoying GodÕs hand of deliverance and preservation before the enemy, king Ahab of Israel was ripping his disguise, his lying, and his faking. He died and could not overcome the battle. Are you going to quit deceiving yourself and let God be God?  Put on the garment of truth and be saved.