"Oh, Lord!"

November 26, 2016
"Oh, Lord!"
Blessings folk!
We saw yesterday in 2 Chronicles 20 that Israel had a problem. They were surrounded by enemies.
What did Israel do?
The King sought God. He humbly sought God before the people.
Oh, for leadership...political, religious, family...that that would do likewise today.
The King sought the Lord. The Lord spoke.
The Lord told them to stand firm and watch the salvation of the Lord.
Give close attention to the prayer of the King...
2 Chronicles 20 5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, 6 and said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you. 7 Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend? 8 And they have lived in it and have built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying, 9 ‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you—for your name is in this house—and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’ 10 And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy— 11 behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. 12 O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”
The King... declared God to be the God of their fathers declared He is God in heaven declared He has power and might declared none is able to withstand Him reminded God of what He had done...drove out inhabitants of the land, gave the land to them forever, reminded the Lord of His Word..."if disaster...cry out His name in this house..." reminded God of His covenant reminded God that the very enemies now threatening had not been allowed to be killed. ask God to execute judgment acknowledged that they were powerless, they did not know what to do declared their eyes were on Him
Humility of a king. A rare thing.
He acknowledged the situation. They acknowledged that their eyes and hope were upon the Lord.
We should do likewise.