At the very moment they
began to sing…the LORD caused the armies... to fight among themselves. 2 Chron. 20: 22
The
problem is overwhelming, more than you can handle. The bills are due. The
relationship is over. The medical report looks grim. You don't see a way
out, and that gleam in the enemy’s eye challenges your faith. Your frantic
prayers seem like wasted breath, so they begin to sound like wasted breath. “Lord,
if you can do anything...” “Oh Jesus,
they're gonna get me…” “God, if you don’t come through, I’m gonna have to take
matters into my own hands. Why won’t you help me?”
That
heavy sigh coming from heaven is not your imagination. How the Lord must weary
of our faithless prayers! Our problems are not frustrating to Him, but our lack
of faith is. He did not need the Israelites’ weapons or their strength. He
required their praise instead. Only when the people began to sing and praise
God did He step in on their behalf. They never even broke a sweat, because God
did the whole thing without them. When the Lord fights our battles, He rides in
upon the winds of our worship. He is eager to show himself strong to those
whose hearts are wholly His (2 Chron. 16:9). Darlene Zcheche, former lead singer with Hillsong,
writes this: “Praise is the proclamation that the enemy’s intent to plunder
you, won't rock you.”
What do you proclaim when you face your battles?
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