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…neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
There are times all of us get to the point where we just do not know what to
do in a situation. A great lesson on what we can do in these drastic conditions
is found in II Chronicles 20:12-22. Judah was in a dire circumstance where their
enemy vastly outnumbered them and they were making a move to destroy Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Look at how they handled the situation.
II Chronicles 20:12-22:
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great
company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are
upon thee.
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and
their children.
Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son
of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit
of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
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.
To morrow 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; to morrow go out against
them: for the LORD will be with you.
And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the
ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD,
worshipping the LORD.
And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the
children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud
voice on high.
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness
of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah,
and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be
established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto
the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before
the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for
ever.
And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments
against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against
Judah; and they were smitten.
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