I received 2 Chr 20:20-29 for our monthly worship prayer time on 31/3/23.
Here are a few thoughts I would like to share which we can learn from King Jehoshaphat’s life.
Jehoshaphat was one of the most righteous rulers of Israel. While this king had many strengths and obeyed God, there are still lessons we can learn from his leadership. These include the following:
1. We need to surround ourselves with the right people. King Jehoshaphat had good intentions, but he surrounded himself with King Ahab and his wife, Jezebel. Because of this, he opened himself up spiritually to a host of problems and bad counsel. Make sure those around us are committed to the Lord & His ways.
2. We need to maintain a constant humility before God. As armies converged on Israel, King Jehoshaphat called for a nation-wide fast. Everyone humbled themselves before God—even down to the children! They considered God their foremost priority. Are we willing to give up things that are standing in the way of our closeness with God?
3. We must always go back to the Word. King Jehoshaphat sought the Word of the Lord, and so must we. Every day, we must go back to the Word, and surround ourselves with people who do the same. If we do this, we’ll remember that It’s not about how strong we are, but how strong God is!
Israel’s victory against their enemies wasn’t because Jehoshaphat was a great king. It wasn’t because Israel was skilled in battle. Their victory came because th ohh b5ey fell on their faces and surrendered to their all-powerful God. Let us fight our battles in the same way, and see the victory like Jehoshaphat had in our own lives!
The enemy is an impostor. He “prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour”(1 Pet 5:8). He is being exposed in this hour. The King of our hearts, our Lion of Judah is roaring over His Bride, the Church. His roar is calling us higher, awakening our spirits to hear & be in tune with all He wants to do. Fight smart this hour. Paul has given us divinely inspired words to walk by concerning our warfare(2Cor 10:3-5)
2 Corinthians 10:3 -5 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
We will do well not to fight our spiritual battles according to worldly wisdom or tactics & choose how we react in every situation that comes up. Our senses must detect the enemy’s evil schemes & send their camp to confusion by our godly responses.
Also a member of the body of Christ with whom I am associated with received a vision on 1st April,23 that all of Heaven was rejoicing over the church awakening in India. So keep it up soldiers, God is moving in Splendour
Sol. Joan