When the enemy came for my daughter, I knew I needed other people who would pray and believe God with me to do what only God could do. When faced with a battle in our personal lives, we need other sisters in Christ who will come along beside us, partner with us, and agree with us in prayer. His battle reminds us how much we need the community of church. Jehoshaphat prayed and called on others to pray. Nor do WE know what to do, but OUR eyes are upon You." ” For WE have no power against this great multitude that is coming against US Notice the plural personal pronouns, WE, US, and OUR in 2 Chronicles 20:12. When I focused on the Lord, truth, hope, & victory overcame my fears & my faith was strengthened. When I focused on the situation, hopelessness & defeat ruled my mind. So I fought, day and night on my knees and sometimes on my face.Īt times fear threatened to overtake me. The enemy surrounded her and she had no ability to fight. Every morning, I opened my eyes with the fear that this might be the day I received THAT CALL – that she was gone. When I looked at the situation, I saw sure defeat. Every outward appearance was that she was surrounded with the darkness of the devil systematically destroying her.
Several years ago I faced a battle for one of my daughters. We need to intentionally determine and demand our focus remain on the Lord. Focus is key when the battle comes because our natural tendency is to focus on the enemy and how he is working. Yes, Jehoshaphat experienced fear when he heard the enemy set out to attack, but he turned his focus to God rather than staying focused on the battle ahead. ” O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You." This verse reminds us of what we need to do when we realize our spiritual enemy has himself and his minions to attack us in some area of our lives. While he feared the enemy coming against him and his people, he set his focus in another direction. Following the example Jehoshaphat set for us sets us up for a victory. However, what we do with that fear hugely impacts our outcome. The reality is, when the enemy comes against us, our natural inclination is fear. The Bible tells us that Jehoshaphat feared the battle, yet he focused on God. We too have a real spiritual enemy that comes against us and sometimes in life, we realize that our enemy surrounds us. In this particular story we see that Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, and the people of Judah (God’s people) had a real physical enemy coming against them and surrounding them. In other words, what was a physical reality for the people of the Old Testament, we can apply their physical realities to our life spiritually. We need to remember to take the Old Testament and relate it to our lives from a spiritual standpoint. Today, we are looking at an Old Testament story from 2 Chronicles 20:1-24 about the power of praise.
The Bible teaches us about the power of praise and I have experienced it firsthand in my own life.
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