The Spirit of Sheba

God has a corporate destiny for his people. When we come together and work together to achieve a common purpose God is glorified. Consequently, standing up strong today in the church is "Sheba". Sheba is a spirit that comes to derail the corporate vision that God has given the visionary.

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. 2 Samuel 20:1

Who was Sheba? Sheba was the grandson of Abraham through Keturah (Gen. 25:1-3). In the O.T. Sheba was a person, but in the N.T. context Sheba is a spirit with the potential to destabilize and create confusion in the local church.

Sheba views problems in a church as evidence that leadership is out of God’s will. He blew the trumpet and made covenant-breaking statements. “We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse.”

A person of covenant called alongside to complement, strengthen, and to bring completion to a person or place, did the very opposite. Because Sheba means seven or oath he should have been an oath-bearing, covenant-keeping, leader covering individual brought alongside King David to complete that which was lacking. But instead, Sheba’s true colors were revealed in an atmosphere of strife.

“…all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel” (2 Sam. 19).

The one called to bring completion into David’s life became the ring-leader of a revolt in Israel. This spirit is real and running rampant. Is Sheba using you?

I Met God In The Morning

I met God in the morning
When my day was at its best,
And His Presence came like sunrise
Like a glory in my breast.

All day long the Presence lingered,
All day long He stayed with me,
And we sailed in perfect calmness
O'er a very troubled sea.

Other ships were blown and battered,
Other ships were sore distressed,
But the winds that seemed to drive them
Brought to us a peace and rest.

Then I thought of other mornings,
With a keen remorse of mind,
When I, too, had loosed the moorings
With the Presence left behind.

So I think I know the secret,
Learned from many a troubled way;
You must seek Him in the morning
If you want Him through the day.

Ralph Cushman