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It\u2019s a remarkable and inspiring scene, even thousands of years later. In a rare moment of alliance and harmony, the two Kings, one of the northern kingdom of Israel and the other from the southern kingdom of Judah, sit in the throne room, side by side. Two imposing thrones, two powerful kings, making common cause on behalf of the entire nation of all twelve tribes. And before them, in a frenzy of prophetic enthusiasm (literally, \u201cinspired by God\u201d), hundreds of prophets in unison encouraging them to join together to wage war against the neighboring kingdom of Aram.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each and every prophet assures the two kings that it is God\u2019s will that they launch this battle. Each and every prophet insisting that victory will be theirs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Except for one.<\/span><\/p>\n

He never got his own book, but the hero of today\u2019s chapter is Micaiah ben Imlah. King Ahab is blunt in his assessment of this dissident prophet: \u201cI hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only misfortune (9).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It turns out that not only does this Micaiah ben Imlah never bring good news, but he is also the only prophet to tell the truth. The others tell the king what they think he wants to hear.<\/span><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t imagine a more contemporary scene: surround yourself with people who tell you want you want to hear, and you court disaster. Each of us is capable of spinning a fantasy of our own yearnings, a way of containing and avoiding our worst fears or projections. Indulging those fantasies is the sure road to catastrophe, what rabbinic tradition calls the short long road (looks short, turns out to be impassably long).<\/span><\/p>\n

The only way from here to there, from the present to any meaningful success, is by way of the truth, however unpleasant. Only when we face our fears with courage, when we assess the actual situation we face and discover how to address it, only then do we have any possibility of victory. That is the long short road (looks onerously long, but it really is the most direct route). And the Prophet Micaiah identifies that as God\u2019s way.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because God\u2019s way is truth. 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