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Daily devotional (MONDAY)
Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God?s. ?2 Chronicles 20:15
A wise Bible teacher once said, ?Sooner or later God will bring self-sufficient people to the place where they have no resource but Him?no strength, no answers, nothing but Him. Without God?s help, they?re sunk.?
He then told of a despairing man who confessed to his pastor, ?My life is really in bad shape.? ?How bad?? the pastor inquired. Burying his head in his hands, he moaned, ?I?ll tell you how bad?all I?ve got left is God.? The pastor?s face lit up. ?I?m happy to assure you that a person with nothing left but God has more than enough for great victory!?
In today?s Bible reading, the people of Judah were also in trouble. They admitted their lack of power and wisdom to conquer their foes. All they had left was God! But King Jehoshaphat and the people saw this as reason for hope, not despair. ?Our eyes are upon You,? they declared to God (2 Chron. 20:12). And their hope was not disappointed as He fulfilled His promise: ?The battle is not yours, but God?s? (v.15).
Are you in a position where all self-sufficiency is gone? As you turn your eyes on the Lord and put your hope in Him, you have God?s reassuring promise that you need nothing more. ? Joanie Yoder
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face;
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace. ?Lemmel
When all you have is God, you have all you need.