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Pleasing God
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Daily Devotional with Pastor Jon
June 18, 2026
(Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
1 Kings 18:3 (b)-4

Obadiah is an interesting character. His name means “servant of God,” and yet he was working for a very wicked king - Ahab. Although some scholars question Obadiah’s integrity, I’m not so sure we can judge him so easily. After all, in Philippians 4:22, rather than condemning the believers who were in Caesar’s household, Paul greets them. Sometimes God plants believers in ungodly situations to be a light. Even though Obadiah was working under Ahab, even though he was not powerful like Elijah, even though he wasn’t a prophet, he certainly was profitable to the prophets - for he hid them from murderous Jezebel.

So too, you might not be powerful like Elijah. But you can be profitable like Obadiah. When asked the secret of his spiritual strength, Spurgeon said, “I have people who pray for me.” You might not be able to preach, but you can pray for those who do. You might not be able to cross the seas as a missionary, but you can pray for them. You might not be able to go door to door, witnessing, but you can pray. I believe that those who are Obadiahs - faithfully working behind the scenes - are not only profitable now, but will be greatly rewarded in Heaven.

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