The power of praise and worship!!
2 Chronicles 20:1-30:
"It
happened after this that the people of Moab with the people of Ammon,
and others with them besides the Ammonites, came to battle against
Jehoshaphat.
Then some
came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude is coming against
you from beyond the sea, from Syria; and they are in Hazazon Tamar"
(which is En Gedi).
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
So Judah gathered together to ask help from the LORD; and from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
and
said: "O LORD God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You
not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is
there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You?
Are
you not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your
people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend
forever?
And they dwell in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,
'If
a disaster comes upon us - sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine - we
will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your name is in
the temple), and cry out to you in our affliction, and You will hear and
save.'
"And now, here
are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir - whom You would not let
Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned
from them and did not destroy
them -
"here they are, rewarding us by 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."
Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the LORD.
Then
the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son
of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the
sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.
And
he said, "Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the LORD to you: 'Do not be afraid
nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not
yours, but God's.
"Tomorrow
go down against them. They will surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz,
and you will find them at the end of the brook before the Wilderness of
Jeruel.
'You will not
need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see
the salvation of the LORD, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!' Do
not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the LORD is
with you."
And
Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem bowed before the LORD, worshiping the
LORD.
Then the Levites
of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the of the
Korahites stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with voices loud and
high.
So they rose
early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as
they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, O Judah and you
inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be
established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper."
And
when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should
sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they
went out before the army and were saying:
"Praise the LORD,
For His mercy endures forever."
Now
when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against
the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah;
and they were defeated.
For
the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount
Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of
the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
So
when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked
toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the
earth. No one had escaped.
When
Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found
among them an abundance of valuables on the dead bodies, and precious
jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could
carry away; and they were three days gathering the spoil because there
was so much.
And on
the fourth day they assembled in the valley of Berachah, for there they
blessesd the LORD; therefore the name of that place was called The
Valley of Berachah until this day.
Then
they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in
front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made
them rejoice over their enemies.
So they came to Jerusalem, with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the LORD.
And
the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they
heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.
Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around."
Monday, 9 September 2019
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