II Chronicles 13 - 24 Psalm 85
I simply love the words of King Jehoshaphat, "Do not fear or be dismayed...for the battle is not yours but God's...Go out against them and the Lord will be with you." (II Chronicles 20: 15-16 para) Some days I need to hear those words. Because its not me, on my own, fighting the battles that life brings but God making a way before me. Fighting my battles before I ever need consider them. I do not have to be afraid...and neither did the people of Judah.
Out numbered, out financed and out soldiered, Judah went out into the wilderness against the Ammonites, Moab and others. They went out in faith, singing God's praises as they marched, "Give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever," and they were triumphant. They sang and prayed before battle, they sang as they went into battle and they returned praising God. Can we remember to do that as well?
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