Jehoshaphat
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“And when Judah came toward the watchtower in the wilderness,
they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies
fallen to the earth, and none escaped.”
Verses 22-24
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God was the strength of Judah in this crisis, and He is the strength
of His people today. We are not to trust in princes, or to set men in the
place of God. We are to remember that human beings are fallible and
erring, and that He who has all power is our strong tower of defense.
In every emergency we are to feel that the battle is His. His resources
are limitless, and apparent impossibilities will make the victory all the
greater.
“Save us, O God of our salvation,
And gather us together,
And deliver us from the heathen,
That we may give thanks to Thy holy name,
And glory in Thy praise.”
1 Chronicles 16:35
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Laden with spoil, the armies of Judah returned “with joy; for the
Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies. And they came to
Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the
Lord.”
2 Chronicles 20:27, 28
. Great was their cause for rejoicing. In
obedience to the command, “Stand ye still, and see the salvation of the
Lord: ... fear not, nor be dismayed,” they had put their trust wholly in
God, and He had proved to be their fortress and their deliverer.
Verse
17
. Now they could sing with understanding the inspired hymns of
David: