God’s way is different than the world’s

There are times when we feel we have to modify God’s plan because things do not make sense. For example, for many years, you have been praying for finances and material things to come to you. You have been struggling to pay your bills month after month for years. Your credit cards balances are at the maximum limit, you have withdrew most of your retirement funds and just getting by.

Then you started to work long hours thinking that you can increase your income and find more resources to get you out of the hole. Money started to come. However, the more you feel you are getting ahead, your bank balance is getting worse. Things don’t make sense so you worked even longer hours.

In 2 Chronicles 13:1-22, Judah’s King Abijah was outnumbered by his opponent, King Jeroboam of Israel. Abijah had only 400,000 soldiers while Jeroboam had 800,000! It is had to imagine witnessing that many people in one place killing each other and this happened around 3,000 years ago. Abijah knew that he has no chance to defeat Jeroboam, but his faith strengthened him. In verse 10 he said, “But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned him.”

Meanwhile Jeroboam devised a plan to surround Abijah and his people in the front and the rear. So Abijah cried out to the Lord! They blew their trumpets and shouted the battle cry. God defeated Jeroboam. In verse 17 & 18, “Abijah and his army inflicted heavy losses on them; 500,000 of Israel’s select troops were killed that day. So Judah defeated Israel on that occasion because they trusted in theLord, the God of their ancestors.”

Be encouraged as you face impossible situations (as we know it). Do as Abijah did, cry out to the Lord and shout the battle cry. God is always watching out for His people. He fights for us because we are His children. Don’t forget that you are a child of the King.