Words of Encouragement Scripture; 2 Chronicles 14:9-15 9. Now Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came to Mareshah. 11. Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, Lord, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O lord our God, for we trust in You, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; let not man prevail against You. 12. So the Lord routed the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. 13. Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar; and so many Ethiopians fell that they could not recover, for they were shattered before the Lord and before His army. And they carried away very much plunder. 14. They destroyed all the cities around Gerar, for the dread of the Lord had fallen on them; and they despoiled all the cities, for there was much plunder in them. 15. They also struck down those who owned livestock, and they carried away large numbers of sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem. My focus is on verse 11. From Our Daily Homily by F.B. Meyer (words in parentheses added by me) 1. Remind God of his entire responsibility. There is no one beside You to help. The odds against Asa were enormous. There were a million of men in arms against him, beside three hundred chariots. I seemed impossible to hold his own against that vast multitude. There were no allies who would come to his help; his only hope therefore was in God. There was none beside to help. It may be that your difficulties have been allowed to come to so alarming a pitch that you may be compelled to renounce all creature aid, to which in lesser trials you have had recourse, and cast yourself back on your Almighty Friend. 2. Put God between yourself and the foe. To Asas faith, Jehovah seemed to stand between the might of Zerah and himself, as one who had no strength. Nor was he mistaken. We are told that the Ethiopians were destroyed before the Lord and before His host, as though celestial combatants flung themselves against the foe in Israels behalf, and put the large host to rout, so that Israel had only to follow up and gather the spoil. Our God is Jehovah of Hosts, Who can summon unexpected reinforcements at any moment to the aid of His people. Believe that He is there between you and your difficulty, and what baffles you will flee before Him, as clouds before the gale. 3. Identify your cause with His. In Your name have come.. . let not man prevail against You. It is a great matter when a small State is so identified with a strong European power, as that an insult to one of its officials is deemed a casus belli (Casus belli is a Latin expression meaning An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war) by the more powerful Government; and whenever we are so delivered from selfish aims, as to be able to show that our cause and Gods are one, we are invincible. So, be encouraged, my friend! P.S. Here is a hymn mix that will minister to and inspire you; The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power, performed by its composer, Andre Crouch. Enjoy! youtube/watch?v=O4y-nTrp4sc&index=1&list=RDO4y-nTrp4sc
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 02:45:15 +0000
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