Knowing What To Do

We have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.

2 Chronicles 20:12

Cultural rebels have always waved the Me-against-the-World banner. It’s one thing to choose to stand alone but another thing entirely to find yourself standing alone when it is none of your doing. That’s what happened to one of the kings of Israel. His solution is worth imitating today. He stood before God and then stood against his enemy.

Jehoshaphat was a godly king of Judah. When word came to him that the armies of Moab, Ammon, and Edom were coming to attack Judah, he was humanly helpless. Judah had no military resources sufficient to repel such an invasion. He gathered the people of Judah and led them in prayer in the Temple, and he concluded with these famous words: “We [don’t] know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.” In answer to Jehoshaphat’s prayer, a prophet of the Lord brought word from God (20:15): “Do not be afraid . . . for the battle is not yours, but God’s.” The next day, God gave the people of Judah victory when the invading forces turned on one another. The next time you don’t know what to do, pray Jehoshaphat’s prayer to God: “My eyes are on You.”

Your eyes have to be somewhere. Focus them on the Solution instead of on the problem.

Faith isn’t faith until it’s all you’re holding on to.

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