What to Do when Your Enemies Surrounds to Kill You?
Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face to the ground,
and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in
worship before the LORD.
Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up
and praised the LORD,
the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa.
As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said,
“Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem!
Have faith in the LORD your God and you will be upheld;
have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.”
After consulting the people,
Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD
and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they
went out at the head of the army, saying:
“Give thanks to the
LORD,
for his love
endures forever.”
As they began to sing
and praise,
the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and
Mount Seir
who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.
The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from
Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them.
After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they
helped to destroy one another.
When the men of Judah
came to the place that overlooks the desert and looked toward the vast army,
they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had
escaped.
So Jehoshaphat and his men went to carry off their plunder,
and they found among them a great amount of equipment and
clothing and also articles of value—more than they could take away.
There was so much plunder that it took three days to collect
it.
On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berakah,
where they praised the LORD.
This is why it is called the Valley of Berakah to this day.
Then, led by
Jehoshaphat, all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem,
for the LORD had given them cause to rejoice over their
enemies.
They entered Jerusalem and went to the temple of the LORD
with harps and lyres and trumpets.
The fear of God came
on all the surrounding kingdoms when they heard how the LORD had fought against
the enemies of Israel.
And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God had
given him rest on every side.
Let's Recap the Story Here:
This is a
crisis situation when 3 surrounding nations had gathered together to wipe out
the nation of Israel. Totally from the face of the earth. They all had great
numerous army to wipe out this nation.
The odds are
against Israel. In normal circumstances,
Israel would
had be forgotten as a lost nation,
wiped out in
war like any of the ancient civilization.
But God
intervened and this what happened:
The King
totally put his truth upon the Lord and submit into prayer & worship.
The Levites
expressed into loud praises.
Then in the
morning,
The King
set-up singers to sing praises to God to be the front liners in front of the
army.
As they
began to sing praise,
the Lord set
ambush against each other (among 3 nations) and all of them killed themselves
& died.
The great
vast of plunder was so great that it took 3 days to collect it.
And they
continued to praise God in the Valley
and into
entering Jerusalem & into the Temple with musician instruments.
The fear of
God came upon the surrounding nation and the kingdom was at peace.
I wonder
during these times,
Would any
kingdoms or government would submit themselves to God?
Or would put
their confidence in their weapons and military force?
Then, after
that in the morning.
The King put
the singers as the front liners
- not the
archers, not foot soldiers,
or any of
the strategic defense or attack warfare formation.
Any Army
General in his experience would consider this as a suicide mission
for the
singers to be stationed at the front lines.
(pretty sure
- those singers who had bid farewell to their families,
or would had
fasted and prayed or who have questioned God - why me - a singer?)
But let's
see - What God did?
As they
began to sing....
(see, it all
started .. as they began to sing)
and the
whole battle took place where the enemies started to kill each other -
supernaturally..
Just by
singing.
There is a
spiritual principle at work:
When praise
& worship been established with the Presence of God;
God set
ambush & makes your enemies destroy each other.
The forces
of darkness destroys itself as we began to sing.
What to Do when Your Enemies
Surrounds to Kill You?
1) Start to
Declare Praises to God verbally aloud
2) Start
singing giving Thanks to God.
3) Declare
on the Praises - His Love Endures Forever.
And watch
and see your enemies being destroyed in front of your eyes.
Give Thanks
to the LORD
For His Love
Endures Forever.
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