Folly

I see a fitting parallel by the choice of our country’s allies today opting to sit back and not participate in another Trump international folly to that of King Jehoshaphat in 850 B.C. They have seen a mad king look to garner more power and riches for himself. And they have watched him expect their obeisance when he just said they had never done anything for the United States. This said after many countries had given the lives of their service people to come to our aid after 9/11. Yet Trump expects blind loyalty and in anger threatens to leave NATO over this perceived slight. And our allies now sit and watch the idiocy of madmen unfold.

King Jehoshaphat of Judah made the mistake of aligning with evil King Ahaziah of Israel, the son of Ahab and Jezebel. Jehoshaphat had previously been warned by the prophet Jehu to not help the wicked or show love to those who hate the Lord. He didn’t etch those words in his memory. So once again he went along with a request to aid the evil King Ahaziah and send his ships along with Israel on a venture in Tarshish to secure gold. These riches would help secure their economic prosperity and lead to more world power. But God sent a storm and totally destroyed the ships before they could set sail. A great financial loss. And God sent a prophet, Eliezer, to tell Jehoshaphat, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the Lord has destroyed your works.”

How many countries that have always aligned themselves with America now sit back and weigh each situation because of the lies and treachery of Trump and those he surrounds himself with? They have wisely opted to not take a major role in this war of convenience for Trump. A war to gain personal power. To attempt to frighten those that stand against him. To acquire more wealth. With no care as to the innocents killed or the loss of lives of our service people when we previously had a treaty in place (the JCPOA that Trump withdrew from in 2018) giving us oversight of Iran’s nuclear abilities. The right to send in inspectors. And we supposedly had already “obliterated” all their capabilities 8 months ago. So much for that doing the trick. And now all Americans are paying a price.

We can expect more obfuscating at the highest levels in our government. More outright lies. More timelines changed to fit a fictitious narrative. These nations we call allies are wise to stand back from this evil of Trump. Proverbs 16:5 says, “Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Though they join forces, none will go unpunished.” And even in all this evil and death, Trump is looking to gain riches. Proverbs 21:6 warns us, “Getting treasures by a lying tongue is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.” And this is folly. A war of Trump’s own choosing. As we are warned in Ephesians 5:11, “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.” And this is darkness and evil from one in Donald Trump in whom no good thing resides. We must take a stand against all this evil so present in our country right now. We must pray without ceasing. Do not repeat the folly of King Jehoshaphat and align with that which has no place in God. Blessings.