FAITH CAPSULE: The promise of God not to live or forsake those that seek Him remains unchanging.

2 Chronicles 20

Whenever the fear of confronting a challenge leads you to seek help from a man, you will gain a comfortable position to fail and disappointment will not disappoint you. However, if your fear of confronting a challenge leads you to seek God’s face for help, then you are set for undeniable victory that glorifies God. King Jehoshaphat is an example of one whose fear of his confronting challenge sent him to seek the face of God for help. Are you facing a daunting, unavoidable challenge that is set to deny or destroy you in any area of life? Take your challenge to God not man. Man will fail and sometimes frustrate you, but God will prevail on your behalf. Jehoshaphat once had a confronting challenge and he took it to God in prayer. God responded to Jehoshaphat’s fear, “Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. Tomorrow go down against them. They will surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook before the Wilderness of Jeruel. You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the LORD, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the LORD is with you.” (2 Chronicles 20:15-17) In different chapters of the Bible, the promise of God not to live or forsake those that seek Him remains unchanging. Understand and know that the battle against your challenge is not beyond God, position yourself and stand still. When you stand still, you have to be able to see victory over your challenge while the victory is not there yet. Jehoshaphat did all as commanded by God but took a step of faith, “…bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem bowed before the LORD, worshiping the LORD. Then the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with voices loud and high.”(2 Chronicles 20:18-19)  The fear that chased Jehoshaphat to God revealed God’s glory. The fear of Jehoshaphat led to a faithful victory because the Lord fought the battle on behalf of the children of Israel. It is written, “And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel. Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.”(2Chronicles 20:29-30) Take your challenge to God for Him to fight on your behalf.

Prayer for today: Ask God to help you and save you according to His mercy.