The Lord Set Ambushes
“So they rose early in the morning and went out into the
Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, ‘Hear me
O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God and you
shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.’ And when he had consulted with the people, he
appointed those who should sing to the LORD and who should praise the beauty of
holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: ‘Praise the LORD,
for His mercy endures forever.’ Now when
they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the people of
Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were
defeated.” 2 Chron. 20:20-22
The Biblical patterns and principles we can take away from this
passage include:
q Believe- have faith in the Lord;
q Engage in active thanks and
praise before the battle;
q Look for the ambushes the Lord
sets against the enemies of God (and of you and your children!);
q Expect those enemies to be
defeated to the glory of God!
If we look back to 2 Chronicles 20:15, we read: “Thus says the
LORD to you: Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for
the battle is not yours, but God’s.” The
Lord will fight for our children and us – our job is to ask Him to fight, to
thank Him for fighting, and to praise Him for the victory! Are your children facing a battle right
now? Get out in front of that battle
with your prayer of thanksgiving, your song of praise and worship the Lord in
the beauty of holiness! Picture yourself
giving that battle to the Lord and ask Him to fight it on behalf of your
child. Thank Him for the ambushes He is
setting right now for fear, for discouragement, for anger, for addiction to
climb into – the Lord is setting a trap for the enemies of your son or
daughter! See that enemy step into that
trap, walk into that ambush. Watch that
enemy go down in defeat! Praise the
Lord!! See God’s unfailing love come
down into the life of your child.
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