“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.”
2 Chronicles 20:15
When I got saved (baptized in Jesus name and received the gift of the Holy Ghost) I felt like I was on cloud 9 after the saints of the church congratulated me for receiving salvation. I felt confident in my walk with God, I thought my fellowship was straight, and I assumed that nothing could touch me. However, I quickly figured out what my brothers and sisters in Christ had failed to tell me that day; living for the Lord is a battle.
The scripture above comes from 2 Chronicles 20:15. The spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel and spoke to the congregation of Judah with words that comforted them as they prepared for battle against their enemies from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir (Read 2 Chronicles 20:1-19). Now the people of Judah served the Lord but they still had bad things happening to them, such as this upcoming battle. When we give ourselves to God and submit to His will don’t expect life to be a skip through a valley of flowers because the truth is, we’re going to go through some things. The devil isn’t after those who are OF the world, but those who are only IN the world. Meaning? He’s after the ones who are serving God and not him. He’s after us.
I would assume that the people of the Judah didn’t want to go to war but they trusted God enough to go anyway, and because they did He gave them the power to destroy their attackers. We, as youth for Christ, are fighting a spiritual battle in the physical world and the devil is going to tempt us with things that we like, things we thought salvation took care of but in reality the desire is going to sneak back up on us. It’s hard to say no, especially when the going gets tough but we have to trust God through it all because just like it says in the scripture above “the battle is not yours, but God’s.” My pastor preached a sermon on this scripture once. It was titled Lord Fight For Me, and that’s what we have to know. Even though we’re in a continuous war against the devil, the good thing about being on the Lord’s side is that we’re not on the frontlines, He is, and through Him we already have the victory. We’re already guaranteed to get a W out of this, just like the people of Judah, so as long as we continue to serve Him we’ll win it all fighting this fight of life.
#'nuffsaid
