Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you.ĭo not fear or be dismayed tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you. You will not need to fight in this battle. “Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
Would God deliver them? Would He fight on their behalf as He had done so many times in the past? The Battle is Not Yours But the Lord’s Waiting for an answer ( 2 Chronicles 20:13). The entire country stood before the Lord. So here I am, here’s Your people, humbly bowed before You asking for help, for grace, for mercy. With You on our side, we can prevail against them. There’s Nobody greater, Nobody greater than You.Ī whole lot of people are coming after us to destroy us, and they will too.īut You have the power to stop them. “God, You created the heavens and the earth. In his prayer in 2 Chronicles 20:6-12, he recognized the sovereignty of God. This was a man who knew that the battle was not his to fight or to win, it belonged to the Almighty God. He dropped everything and sought the Lord. How would such a tiny nation withstand the attack of their more powerful enemies? But Jehoshaphat did not put his faith in the wisdom, money, or the might of his armies. The Judean army was nothing in comparison to the greater armies of Moab, Ammon, and the Meunites. A whole lot of people are coming from beyond the sea, and they’re coming for you.” They brought their fears to the king and basically told him: Understandably, some of the people were afraid. In 2 Chronicles 20, the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites came to wage war against him (2 Chronicles 20:1). It means that sometimes the greater benefit to our characters and our walk with Him is the lesson we will learn instead of a victory in whatever the situation may be. Because you see, understanding that the battle is not yours but God’s also means that we understand that sometimes He will choose not to engage. It’s letting go and allowing God to do what He believes needs to be done to solve our problems…if He decides they’re worth fixing at all. It’s easy to say we understand that the battle is not ours, but what does it really mean when we say the battle belongs to the Lord? We love to remind others that God is greater than any problem they face…it’s not so easy to accept it when we’re the ones going through the situation. And I deliberately said “yours” instead of “ours” or “mine” because the truth is we love to tell other people that they can trust God with their problems. What Does the Bible Say About “The Battle is Not Yours”?Īs Christians, we like to say “the battle is not yours, it’s the Lord’s”.