Proverbs 19:21 The Counsel of the LORD

Proverbs 19:21 (KJV)  There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. 

The LORD is the Enactor of all things. He orders all things according to His perfect will. None can thwart His purposes. A man may think he can out manoeuvre but God overrules.

When God judges king Ahab of Israel, He first let Ahab know of his judgment through His prophet Micaiah.

2 Chronicles 18:14 (KJV)  And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. 

2 Chronicles 18:29 (KJV)  And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. 

2 Chronicles 18:33-34 (KJV)  And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died. 

Ahab died that day according to the prediction of God’s prophet. A sober truth that man may walk in the will of God. Amen.