Sunday, May 24, 2009 . 9:53 AM
I am currently finishing my last lap of university life with Michelle in our final year project. This coming Wednesday is our most crucial and final presentation of our project which we had been working on for the past eight months. It’s a tough journey but as I reflected back every single moment of hardship in the challenges we faced, I really praised God as in those challenges, God mould me to learn to persevere and be dependent on him totally.
At this timing, actually I should be touching up on my presentation slides and speech but something which the lord showed me during these few weeks as I meditated on my QT indeed allowed me to set this time aside to share a revelation which I felt is important to each and everyone of us as we prepared ourselves for an upcoming battle and for me this battle is definitely my presentation.
In 2 Chronicles 20:17-18,
At this timing, actually I should be touching up on my presentation slides and speech but something which the lord showed me during these few weeks as I meditated on my QT indeed allowed me to set this time aside to share a revelation which I felt is important to each and everyone of us as we prepared ourselves for an upcoming battle and for me this battle is definitely my presentation.
In 2 Chronicles 20:17-18,
17 You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.' " 18 Jehoshaphat bowed with his face to the ground, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down in worship before the LORD. 19 Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the LORD, the God of Israel, with very loud voice.
In our battle against our spiritual enemies (fear, stress, worries etc) our position is in Christ. It is resting in him in worship and praise.
When you are faced with a fearful situation and don’t know what to do, follow the instructions God gave Jehoshaphat and his people. Take your position (worship) and calm yourself down. Turn your focus on God.
What is interesting in this scripture is that in the time when Jehoshaphat knew that he was going to face a large vast of his enemies, he took out his time to worship God first. The question is, “How many of us in time when we knew that we are going to face a challenges or a fearful situation, take out the precious time to worship and praise God first?”
I was thinking what were the thoughts that Jehoshaphat’s people had on him at that moment. They must be feeling real fearful, knowing that at any time their enemies were going to attack them and they must be filled with lots of insecurity. They may not fully understand why Jehoshaphat still could set aside that critical time to worship the lord but they obeyed and followed him.
Take note!! The worship started before the battle and not after the battle. This was because it was a worship of deliverance.
Further down the scripture, we witness the answer as in verse 22,
22 As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. 23 The men of Ammon and Moab rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
That’s the power of worship! It’s a worship to deliver them from their enemies as the battle belongs to the lord and as they worshiped the lord fight the battle for them.
Therefore, I encouraged all of us especially for those who were taking their exam during this period. Time for revision may be short but take out some times before your exam to set your posture in worships and praises to the lord and witness how he can deliver all fear from you and assist you in victory over your battle!
When you are faced with a fearful situation and don’t know what to do, follow the instructions God gave Jehoshaphat and his people. Take your position (worship) and calm yourself down. Turn your focus on God.
What is interesting in this scripture is that in the time when Jehoshaphat knew that he was going to face a large vast of his enemies, he took out his time to worship God first. The question is, “How many of us in time when we knew that we are going to face a challenges or a fearful situation, take out the precious time to worship and praise God first?”
I was thinking what were the thoughts that Jehoshaphat’s people had on him at that moment. They must be feeling real fearful, knowing that at any time their enemies were going to attack them and they must be filled with lots of insecurity. They may not fully understand why Jehoshaphat still could set aside that critical time to worship the lord but they obeyed and followed him.
Take note!! The worship started before the battle and not after the battle. This was because it was a worship of deliverance.
Further down the scripture, we witness the answer as in verse 22,
22 As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. 23 The men of Ammon and Moab rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
That’s the power of worship! It’s a worship to deliver them from their enemies as the battle belongs to the lord and as they worshiped the lord fight the battle for them.
Therefore, I encouraged all of us especially for those who were taking their exam during this period. Time for revision may be short but take out some times before your exam to set your posture in worships and praises to the lord and witness how he can deliver all fear from you and assist you in victory over your battle!