2 Chronicles 20:1-30

In the continuation of his "Faith Under Fire" series, my Pastor preached on "Trusting God When the Odds are Against You" using 2 Chronicles 20:1-30 as the passage.   King Jehosophat, after seeing God deliver him after he prayed when his life was in danger in war, his life was changed.  Chp 19:4 records that he turns the people back to God.   So, in Chp 20, when faced with overwhelming odds, he turned to God in prayer (vs 3,4), remembered God's power and faithfulness (vs 6,7) thus allowing him to see the circumstance through the lenses of God's Power, and also admitted his weakness and lack of understanding (vs 12), leaving the final outcome in God's Hands (vs 14-22) for the battle belongs to the Lord.

In times when the odds are stacked against us, it is important to remember not to let the enemy take us down, after all that God has done in our lives.    As Proverbs 3:5,6 says, we are to have complete TRUST in the Lord, complete openness to His perspective, and complete obedience to HIM.

The worship service yesterday was really JOYFUL, and my assistant pastor even told a really funny joke.   It's neat to see the great relationship between him and the pastor.

My critics were in full force in class yesterday, and we had a "discussion" about what it really means to KNOW Christ.   While confrontation unsettles me, I just pray that all this will help me to grow in knowledge and strength; and that I will just continue to develop with a better understanding and articulation of the TRUTH.

While I, fortunately, am not facing overwhelming odds, yet, life is definitely filled with challenges; and it is a good reminder to just trust and obey, and try to see things through God's perspective.