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Volume 10, Issue 14: He is Serious (Part I)

Just when I got finished writing the "Don't Hand Over Your Stuff" piece, God ambushed me with a rescue. My main opposition removed themselves from the turf! And just before that, one other opposition had been recalled back to the head office. Talk of a second Chronicles 20 and second Kings 19 victory! When this happened, I was testifying how God is actually serious about what He says to us in His Word.

When He says "No weapon formed against you shall prosper," He means exactly that. When He says "Many are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord delivers them from them all," He means just that. When He says "Call on me in the day of trouble and I will answer you," He means business.

The story in the twentieth chapter of the book of second Chronicles is about the time when the Moabites and the Ammonites, accompanied by the Meunites, joined forces to make war on Jehoshaphat. The Bible says that Jehoshaphat received this intelligence report: "A huge force is on its way from beyond the Dead Sea to fight you." Shaken, Jehoshaphat prayed, retelling Israel's history, and how now this huge army was coming to kick them out of the land God had given them, and asking God to take care of the enemy. This is exactly how I felt about my opposition.

Then, God, as He always does when called upon in faith and from a place of reverence and obedience, came through. He told Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah not to be afraid of the vandal horde and He took the war upon Himself, saying, "You won't have to lift a hand in this battle; just stand firm, and watch God's saving work for you take shape."

Ever seen an army going after a huge force with a choir in the front line? On the day of the battle, Jehoshaphat appointed a choir for God who marched ahead of the troops singing. As soon as they started praising and shouting, God set ambushes against the men of Moab, Amon and Mount Seir as they were attacking Judah, and they all ended up dead. The Ammonites and Moabites mistakenly attacked those from Mount Seir and massacred them. Then, further confused, they went at each other, and all ended up killed.

Our God knows how to fight our battles. There's nothing as spectacular as when God takes over the battle field on your behalf. Take God at His Word and watch Him do wonders for you that leave you speechless. I was left asking God, "How do I celebrate this victory that you have orchestrated for me? How do I sing anthems that raise the roof like David spoke of in the twenty seventh chapter of the book of Psalms?"

Another victory that God engineered that speaks to my recent situation and wows my heart is during the reign of King Hezekiah. The story is recorded in the eighteenth and nineteenth chapters of the Book of second Kings. Let's marvel at that in the next post so as not to make this post too long of a read.

For His Glory,

Lillian Chebosi