You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.' Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for the LORD is with you." 2 Chronicles 20:17
Have you ever stayed up late worrying about what your next steps needed to be? Thinking of ways to confront the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in your way? Have you ever gotten near the point of despair knowing that logically there was no way to avoid a bad outcome? Have you ever been pretty sure that you were in the middle of something that was going to end badly? Well, Christians always have an escape route. Read on:
In Chronicles, Jehoshaphat and his people faced not one, not two but three enemies who came up against them at the same time. The Moabites, The Ammonites and, the Bible says, even others had come to destroy them. (2 CH:20:1) His people told him that the group together had formed a great multitude and they were in route. Now Jehoshaphat was afraid so the first thing he did was go to the Lord in prayer. Stop. What? Yes! The first thing he did was go to the Lord in prayer. Now for those of us who that is the last thing we do, maybe that is why our outcomes are different than that of Jehoshaphat. God fought his battle. His enemies destroyed one another. That was a great result. As Christians this is a passage of scripture we should commit to memory.
Resolve today to take your burdens to the Lord, first.
Deacon Larry Woodard
Have you ever stayed up late worrying about what your next steps needed to be? Thinking of ways to confront the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in your way? Have you ever gotten near the point of despair knowing that logically there was no way to avoid a bad outcome? Have you ever been pretty sure that you were in the middle of something that was going to end badly? Well, Christians always have an escape route. Read on:
In Chronicles, Jehoshaphat and his people faced not one, not two but three enemies who came up against them at the same time. The Moabites, The Ammonites and, the Bible says, even others had come to destroy them. (2 CH:20:1) His people told him that the group together had formed a great multitude and they were in route. Now Jehoshaphat was afraid so the first thing he did was go to the Lord in prayer. Stop. What? Yes! The first thing he did was go to the Lord in prayer. Now for those of us who that is the last thing we do, maybe that is why our outcomes are different than that of Jehoshaphat. God fought his battle. His enemies destroyed one another. That was a great result. As Christians this is a passage of scripture we should commit to memory.
Resolve today to take your burdens to the Lord, first.
Deacon Larry Woodard
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