Have you ever been in a situation, a decision, or a crisis, and you felt stuck? You are at the point of needing God to hear you and intervene. We all have been there at some point in the past, presently, or will be in the future. In 2 Chronicles 20, Jehosaphat, King of Judah, was faced with insurmountable odds of enemy forces coming against the people of Israel. They were outmanned and he was afraid.

 

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,[c] 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.”

 

In verses 5-12, Jehosaphat prayed to the Lord in front of the people and called out to God for help. Jehosaphat remembered the Lord and what He did for His people when he drove out the Canaanites to deliver them into the promised land. Jehosaphat recalled who God was and what God had done, and that helped him face this enemy threat. Jehosaphat declared that God rules over all people and kingdoms of the earth. He is powerful and mighty to save. Jehosaphat cried out in his affliction and believed God would hear and save them.

At the end of chapter 20, God moved and caused their enemies to defeat themselves. Jehosaphat and all of Judah worshipped and praised the Lord for what He had done.

 

I love the last verse - 12, “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.” Jehosaphat continued to trust in the Lord to deliver his people once again. Are you there? Powerless against what you are facing? What should we do? Call out to the Lord. Remember who He is and What He has done for His people. Believe He is strong and mighty. Rejoice in the victory He has won for us in Christ.

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And simply pray this back to Him. “We are powerless against what we are facing, We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”And wait for the Lord to move.