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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Ambushed!

And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle [was] before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD... (2 Chronicles 13:14)

Here is a thought from last night's midweek prayer meeting. In 2 Chronicles 13, we read the history of Abijah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of Israel. Abijah feared and served God. Jeroboam was an idolator who led the nation of Israel horribly astray. In 2 Chronicles 13, we read of a battle between the two. Israel had twice as many soldiers as Judah, and it looked pretty bleak. Not only that, but Jeroboam sneakily sent half his army around behind Judah when they weren't looking and ambushed them. It is at that point when God's word says they "cried unto the LORD."

Life tends to ambush us sometimes. But there is never a time when a child of God is in an impossible situation. Judah did the seemingly impossible that day, and won the battle, because God was on their side. And as a Christian, you have the same advantage today - no matter how insurmountable the odds may seem. Nobody and nothing can ambush our God.

Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. (2 Chronicles 13:18)

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