“O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no
might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what
to do: but our eyes are upon thee.”-2 Chronicles 20:12
Have
you ever felt sacred, anxious, overwhelmed?
If you have not, keep on living; it’s coming. That feeling, that terror deep within your
trying to hide. Where you know without a
shadow of a doubt that you are outnumber, and in over your head. The cause of this could be any number of
factors and situations, often times it is many different factors and situations
that combine at a single time to produce a company of issues. Issues that we have to face, problems that
are bigger than us and we need the Lord’s help.
We need our eyes on Him.
There
are many things about serving God and His Son Jesus Christ that are hard to
articulate. Among them is the
overwhelming and amazing: peace, help, and care that God can offer in times of
trouble. This cannot be understood by
those who do not believe, and it cannot be manufactured by those who are lying
to themselves. King Jehoshaphat was
facing an army that was bigger and better than his own. This great company grouped together and came
to battle against Jehoshaphat. He was
not out there looking for trouble, but trouble went and found him. So often in life this is the case. We are just going about our day to day,
trying to keep everything on the tracks when tragedy strikes or circumstances
line up to create a cornucopia of issues that converge on you. The flood gates open and as you stand in the
valley looking up, the mountain that you once were prepared to climb now has a
flood tide raging down its steep slope; carrying with it the fear and despair
that mirrors the selfsame emotion that grips your own heart. It is paralyzing. It makes you second guess everything. While it is not true that everything was
orchestrated by the devil, one can be certain that he will take this
opportunity to capitalize. In this, we
find great hope, because while the devil uses this company to try to invoke
fear and doubt, the selfsame company can be a launch pad to bring you to a
higher plain of faith and trust in the Almighty. Moses could not part the water, if there was
no water. Joshua could not conquer
Jericho, if there was no Jericho. David
could not have slain Goliath if there was no Goliath. We must never forget that the “company” in
our lives that come against us are opportunities in our lives to see God’s
power. To be a part of His story. Jehoshaphat knew this, he understood it; and
prayed to the Father, with his eyes on Him.
Personally,
the older I get the more I have to realize that it is OK to say: “we
have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know
we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.”
In other words, “I don’t know what to do, I am not strong enough,
and I need your help Lord!” God wants us
to need Him! Which works out good for us
because we do need him. One of the
greatest lies that the devil tells us is that we are sufficient of
ourselves. That we can take on the
companies of life that come against us.
When in reality we are not
sufficient of ourselves to think anything of ourselves; but our sufficiency is
of God (2 Cor 3:5). We need God in
our lives and we need to rely on God in our lives, and when we do; there is an
amazing, overwhelming: peace, help, and care that comes from the Father. May God shelter in his loving arms those who
are facing the companies of life right now.
