2 Chronicles 20:17 ‘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.’
DAILY READING –• Luke 3:1-20; Ezekiel 40-41; Isaiah 62
One of the most sacred military sites in Israel’s history is called ‘Ammunition Hill.’ The significance of this site goes back to June 6, 1967, when a dramatic incident took place there during Israel’s Six-Day War.
On the night of June 6, 1967, roughly 350 Israeli soldiers accomplished something many thought was impossible. Despite being grossly outnumbered these Israeli soldiers captured a heavily fortified military base in Jordanian-occupied East Jerusalem. When the Israeli forces had arrived for this battle, they were unprepared for the scope of the challenge. They realized too late that they had been given incorrect intelligence report about the number of Jordanian soldiers in the area. While the report had suggested that the hill was being defended by a single Jordanian platoon, the Jewish soldiers arrived to find that far many more Jordanian soldiers had been hiding in the hill. The misinformation made the Israeli soldiers to find themselves grossly outnumbered by their enemies.
Yet these few Israeli soldiers fought courageously. Though the Jordanians, were fierce fighters, miraculously the outnumbered Jewish soldiers won this battle in the incredible time of just four hours! This victory is accounted as one of the most miraculous incidents of the Six-Day War. In 1987, Ammunition Hill was proclaimed a national memorial site in Israel.
Deuteronomy 28:7 says ‘The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.’
Indeed when God arises for our help, no matter how greater the opposition may appear, our victory will always be assured in the end. We should never limit how God can fight for us. God can save by few or by many. He can raise help for us when we least expect it. As long as we stay in God’s will, we can be sure that He will always take care of the oppositions against us.
God says in Isaiah 54:15 ‘Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.’
Indeed, when God arises for you, every evil gang-up against you will be scattered for your sake. It doesn’t matter that the enemies may seem mightier or that the challenge may seem greater. Though outwardly, you may seem grossly outnumbered, when God is on your side, the majority is on your side.
And one way to get God to take our side and fight our battles, is to engage His Presence through high praises. Praise is what triggers the intervention of the Omnipotent God.
In 2 Chronicles 20, when King Jehoshaphat and the men of Judah began to sing and praise God, He set an ambush against their enemies. God caused their enemies to begin to fight each other until they were all destroyed. Indeed anytime we turn to high praises, God comes down into the battle arena. And when God steps in, every devil must bow out.
Therefore today, rather than bother yourself about that ‘big’ challenge before you. begin rather to celebrate the greatness of your God. As you begin to give God worthy praise, He will surely bring down the head of every Goliath standing in your way. .
PRAYER; Lord, today, I hand over my battles to You knowing that You are greater and mightier than whatever comes my way. As I maintain a praise-full lifestyle, I thank You for causing me to triumph always in Jesus Name. .
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The battle you are faced with today is a good warfare because God has already foreordained a victorious end for you. WORDBITE 222