Jehoshaphat and His Victory in Battle

I was reading 2 Chronicles 20: 6-12 about king Jehoshaphat. I don't know how to pronounce His name but never mind. Hahaha :) Well, let me give a background of this king. Jehoshaphat succeeded Asa at the age of 35 and he followed the ways of the Lord. In 2 Chronicles 20, the Moabites and the Ammonites wanted to take over Judah.

Well, if I had so many people surrounding me, I would be scared. Sometimes it may not be people but when we feel like everything is mounted against us and our future feels like crap, we should respond like Jehoshaphat did. Here's what he said in 2 Chronicles 20:6-12:

6 and said: "O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.
7 O our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?
8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your Name, saying,
9 'If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.'
10 "But now here are men from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, whose territory you would not allow Israel to invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them.
11 See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.
12 O our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you."

I believe that he was in fear, but by saying all these, he declared that the Lord is God above all, His power is beyond all and there is nothing that can come upon His people that He cannot handle.

King Jehoshaphat (2 Chro 20:1-22):

1) Seeked God first

2) Allowed His faith to grow by recounting the history of God's work

3) Listen to the Holy Spirit as He speaks

4) Proceed by worshiping.

This man had faith and his faith began to rise when he came out of a solid view that God is faithful, unchanging, and that not one word of His good promise has failed. I pray that no matter what circumstances we may face, we will always remember that our God will always be the same yesterday, today and forever. And also be like king Jehoshaphat, seeking the Lord always.

Love, JJB