And he said, hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, thus saith the Lord unto you, be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. Tomorrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you. – 2 Chronicles 20:15-17. Christian Books – Donna Louis – The Battle Is Not Yours – It’s The Lords.
Notice the words that are used in this passage: You will not need to fight. Position yourself. Stand still and see. Do not fear. There are a lot of action words here, but it’s clearly conveyed that all God’s people must do is be obedient and submissive to God and He will do the rest. Christian Books – Donna Louis – The Battle Is Not Yours – It’s The Lords. – Check out my website
In the book of Judges, Chapter 7, there was a man named Gideon, who had an army of 32,000 men and was about to wage war on the Midianites. The Midianites were the people whose hands the children of Israel were delivered for seven years by the Lord because Israel did evil in the Lord’s sight. Christian Books – Donna Louis – The Battle Is Not Yours – It’s The Lords.
When the Lord was ready to destroy the Midianties he sent an angel who appeared unto Gideon and said, “The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.” Christian Books – Donna Louis – The Battle Is Not Yours – It’s The Lords.
Now, as Gideon was prepared to wage war, the Lord wasn’t pleased with the company of men Gideon had. And the Lord said unto Gideon, “The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, ‘Mine own hand hath saved me.’ And so, as you read on further, you will see that Gideon cut down his company of men from 32,000 to 10,000.
God again spoke to Gideon and said that the men he had with him were still too many. Verse 4 reads: “And the Lord said unto Gideon, “The people are yet too many; bring them down to the water, and I will try them for thee there; and it shall be that of whom I say unto thee, “This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.” As you continue to read on among verses 5-8, God explained to Gideon what formula he would use to lessen his troop. As you can clearly see, God will not share his glory with any man. He cut the troop down to 300 men. Remember, back in verse 2, where God says, “Less the men say mine own hand hath saved me.” Christian Books – Donna Louis – The Battle Is Not Yours – It’s The Lords.
And so, the Lord delivered the Midianites into the hand of Gideon and his downsized army of 300 men. “And it came to pass the same night that the Lord said unto him, ‘Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.'”
God used a very unusual way to deliver the Midianites into the hand of Gideon and his army, you can read the entire story of Gideon in the Bible in Judges 6:11 – Judges 8.
We all know the classic movie by director Cecil B DeMille “The Ten Commandments” and how pharaoh’s army was destroyed in the Red Sea. “And the Lord said unto Moses, stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared, and the Egyptians fled against it, and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. Thus, the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore. – Exodus 14:26-30.
God is an all-powerful, almighty, awesome Lord. God is a Lord of justice and will never leave you or forsake you ever. God is a conqueror. Test your faith, what problem do you currently have that needs to be battled? Are you going through a battle with an employer, spouse, family member, friend, or even your children? You can’t change them only God can. Remember, The Battle Is Not Yours – It’s the Lords. – Check out my website
