FAITH CAPSULE: Allow God to fight your battle.

2 Chronicles 32:1-26

Sennacherib king of Assyria went against Israelites when he entered Judah; he encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them over to himself. What is camping against you? What is taking a stand to win against you? Whatever is against you is a battle against 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 strength to know that the arm of flesh will not overcome God’s help in the face of battle.
Do you know that the Lord is your God?
We know that we have never seen or heard of God losing a battle on behalf of His children. We also know assuredly that any battle that is lost is the result of man disallowing God to arise on our behalf. When trouble comes to one’s way and one begins to lose one’s rest, it is an indication that one is taking one’s battle away from God. When you lose your rest in the face of battle you fail to stand still. When you are no longer standing still, you are not far from falling down. Many have fallen; many are falling in the face of different battles because they have not let God fight the battle. The Israelites confessed negative 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)
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, rest in the power of God.

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