Whose Battle is it Anyway?

2 Chronicles 14:11-12 “It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O LORD, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail AGAINST YOU!” So the LORD defeated the Ethiopians in the presence of Asa and the army of Judah, and the enemy fled.
King Asa was in a difficult situation. One day the Ethiopian army with 1 million men and 300 chariots came against him. Asa deployed his armies for battle, but like King David, he had an incredible battle strategy – He asked God, (his Senior Partner) for direction. He knew he couldn’t defeat them, but that didn’t matter because he also knew something else; He knew that even though the battle looked like it was against him, it was actually a battle against God. This was why he said, “O LORD, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail AGAINST YOU!”
We often say that the battle is the Lord’s, but what do we do after we say that? Do we continue to panic and worry about what we see, or do we engage God in the whole process?
We have the Spirit of God in us (1 John 4:13) and superimposed over us (Acts 1:8). Where we go, He goes; what we speak, He speaks; what we do, He does; and so on. So, we need to realise that if we see ourselves in spiritual warfare, it isn’t just us the enemy is coming against. He is coming against the Lord, and since the battle is against God more than you, it makes sense to seek Him for the strategy in dealing with that and then keeping in step with Him. That way, we can truly say, “The battle is the Lord’s.
“No weapon formed against you will prosper” (Is 54:17), “For the LORD will go before you, And the God of Israel will be your rear guard” (Is 52:12).
Also, as we continue reading, we see that even though Asa trusted God, three things happened: 1) He still had to go into the battle and fight; 2) He got to enjoy the spoils; and 3) The victory was God’s.
This isn’t a battle against you. You are a child of God, so it is a battle against God. It isn’t your battle, it’s His battle! Hand it over to Him and allow Him to have the victory. Give Him the battle and give Him the glory.

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