Judges 18:3. “When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, ‘Who brought thee hither? And what makest thou in this place? And what hast thou here?’”
AN ATTRACTIVE OFFER.
“Why are you here, don’t you know of a better situation? A man of your caliber should be way up in rank.” With flattering words, a hireling moves on to bigger and better things – His words making each situation seem better to those who pay – While his disrespect for God grows.
“Any place is okay; after all it is not the place that counts – It is your heart that matters, your love to everybody, your motive.” And the hireling does in his own house, what God wants done in His – The idols he made he carries with him as he accepts an attractive offer – And his disrespect for God shows.
“What does God say, are we going to prosper, get rich? Are we going to be important? Are we going to get ‘big?’” And the hireling claims to speak for God when God didn’t speak to him And when his gods were stolen, he went with them for an attractive offer – And his disrespect for God he knows.
“You think one thing, and I think another. You have one truth and I don’t bother, Because it is what the people think and want that counts not the truth.” And the modern hireling goes the way he thinks and that suits him – While all the time, the house of God is still in its place at “Shiloh” – And disrespect for God he knows, and shows, and grows.
“There are times, Heavenly Father, that I wonder if some people are trying to get me to say what they want said in public but do not want to say it themselves. I am praying here that I will always be ready to speak for God, but not to speak for man. May the words I say and the thoughts I pass on be from Thee alone to those who will be in an audience to listen. May I speak with grace seasoned with salt; may the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart always be acceptable to Thee. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”