The Great King Jehoshaphat.........

This morning I was reading 2 Chronicles 20: 1-13. It's about a Great King called Jehoshaphat, that admitted he had great fear, because his enemies were closing in on him. So he seek God and fasted. This reminds me that we are in the same situation, when the bills get to much, one crisis after another closes in on us, and we can't see the light of day. "What can we do?" This King, openingly admitted he had fear, I believe, that's what makes him a Great King. Knowing you can't do it all, and coming to the one who can.
God doesn't want us to pray casually, “Lord, please solve my problem. Amen!” and then rush into our day, thinking we've done well to unload our difficulty onto Him. If He’s going to solve a problem, we should have our ears and mind open to receive His answer like The Great King Jehoshaphat.........

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The Good News said…
Daniel was a true warrior of prayer..he went against the grain of those times which is is much like today, the “Abomination of Desolation” referenced by Jesus in Matthew 24:15....those books of Daniel ch. 1,8,9..put in my spirit that young people..especially youth group need to study these books of Daniel..to have a warrior spirit of not going with the world view to stay discipline in what God has for us..As I was reading these chapters God gave me a reference.... Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20, the king sort the Lord for help when the massive armies came closing upon them...12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”
It takes a positive attitude to seek God, to steer us back, we have to dig deep into our soul and spirit to push out those negative circumstances. " Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert."- Isaiah 43:19...Amen!
July 20, 2019 at 2:31 PM
The Good News said…
To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, not knowing what tomorrow may bring. This is generally expressed with a sigh of sadness, but it should be an expression of breathless expectation. We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill our lives with surprises. When we become simply a promoter or a defender of a particular belief, something within us dies. That is not believing God—it is only believing our belief about Him. Jesus said, “. . . unless you . . . become as little children . . .” (Matthew 18:3). The spiritual life is the life of a child. We are not uncertain of God, just uncertain of what He is going to do next. If our certainty is only in our beliefs, we develop a sense of self-righteousness, become overly critical, and are limited by the view that our beliefs are complete and settled. But when we have the right relationship with God, life is full of spontaneous, joyful uncertainty and expectancy.
July 20, 2019 at 2:37 PM
The Good News said…
I was overwhelm with a very dear friend's testimony of finding “The Valley of Berakah,” which means “blessing.” through a diagnoses of cancer since 1988, being told you only have 15 months to live. I myself being told that bad news of only living a couple of years, you can't even image the pit of the valley we experience. Becoming ill, losing a job, or enduring heartbreak are examples of what some call “being in the valley,” but can you image being told your life will be over soon...this overshadows everything else. The people of Judah experienced this when they heard an invading army was approaching (2 Chron. 20:2–3). Their Great King called Jehoshaphat,said “If calamity comes . . . we will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us” (verse. 9). God responded, “Go out to face your enemies tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you” (verse. 17).

When Judah’s army arrived at the battlefield, their enemies had already destroyed each other. God’s people spent three days collecting the abandoned equipment, clothing, and valuables.

There is blessing in the valley, when we have nowhere else to go but in the arms of the Lord."The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He make me to lie down in green pastures" (KJV).
June 29, 2020 at 1:55 PM
The Good News said…
We are living in a time when everything is getting shaky and insecure, and almost everybody is hurting in one way or another. Hardly anybody knows what to do anymore. Our leaders don’t have the foggiest idea of what is happening to this world or to the economy. The business world is even more confused with economists arguing with each other about what is coming. Psychologists and psychiatrists are baffled by the changing forces affecting people today.
Three enemy armies were closing in on Judah, and King Jehoshaphat called the nation together at Jerusalem. Something had to be done immediately. No doubt people expected him to announce plans, a decisive declaration of action, a way to wage war. Instead, Jehoshaphat stood before his people and poured his heart out to God in confession.
Jehoshaphat pointed out that God himself stopped Israel from attacking these nations when they first came into the Promise Land. “Here they are, rewarding us by coming to throw us out of your possession which you have given us to inherit. O our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon you” (2 Chronicles 20:11-12, NKJV).
July 18, 2022 at 2:52 PM
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