FAITH CAPSULE: Whatever is against you is a battle against you.

2 Chronicles 32:1-26

What is camping against you with the agenda to win over you?
Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went against the Israelites when he entered Judah; he encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them over.
What is taking a stand to win over you?
In the case of the Israelites, Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that his purpose was to make war against Jerusalem.
Hezekiah did not take battle by himself nor allow the threat of Sennacherib subdue his people but encouraged his people stating, “Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him. 8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.”(2 Chronicles32:7-8)
Today, take encouragement in the word of Hezekiah in the face of your battle.
It is a strength to know that the arm of flesh will not overcome the help of God in the face of battle.
Do you know that the Lord is your God?
Know that the Lord God is more than able to fight your battle.
Know that it has never been seen or heard of God losing a battle on behalf of His children.
Any battle lost is the result of disobedience to the direction of God.
One with no rest of God is bound to fight against the enemy and not win.
One who no longer stands will not be far from falling.
Many have fallen; many are falling in the face of different battles because they do not let God fight the battle. The Israelites confessed negatively at the crossing of the Red Sea when they spoke to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of Egypt? Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness.” (Exodus 14:11-12)
A failure to speak right is setting oneself up for negative confession before God.
The Israelites failed to speak right and it disallowed God from rising on their behalf. Moses responded in faith, “…do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The LORD will fight your battle and you shall hold your peace.’” (Exodus 14:13-14)
In the face of your battle, gain strength in confessing positive things to rest in the power of God.

Prayer for today: Ask for the power of God on your behalf in the time of battle.