The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck.And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.And when they began to sing and to praise, Jehovah set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, that were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
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I'm observing a few things. Number one, Jehoshaphat was rightfully alarmed. If we go back to verse three, I think it is. When he heard the news, he was alarmed. So when you hear the news, don't go, that's not affecting me. I'm not bothered by that. When you hear the news, you should be concerned. You should be alarmed. You should go, what? Huh? Can you say that again? He was alarmed. And it's okay as a human being following God and trusting in God and believing in God to be alarmed. But his desperate concern was different than a lot of times in our lives where when the armies are coming, it's not just desperate concern. We quickly capitulate into fear and dread. Oh my gosh, oh my word, I don't know what's going to happen. I don't know how this is going to work out. Oh my, where's God? What's happening? And we just quickly fall in. And what God is saying today, be alarmed. But look how his alarmed is really quickly followed by, if I can see it here, this incredible punctuation. …
Y'all missed a great spot. Listen, they didn't have to fight. Israel didn't have to fight. Judah didn't have to fight. The enemy fought among themselves. Y'all better watch the news because the people who once came against you are now fighting against each other. I feel like running around this building right now. Somebody look at your neighbor and say, God has not stopped being God. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. We ain't worried about the enemy. We will win. God will give us the victory. And all they had to do was worship. The scripture says, position yourself. That position is to worship. Get in a mode of worship. Give God the praise. I know you don't feel like it, but this ain't about how you feel. You don't feel like going to work every day, but you get up and go. worship God okay alright y'all didn't get that one let's go to Joshua chapter 6 I got one point today. Did I tell y'all that already? …
This was the salvation of God, which they stood still to see, by marching forward with all their might! The other passage, wherein this expression occurs stands thus: “There came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee, from beyond the sea. And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of the Lord: Even out of all the cities they came to seek the Lord. And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation, in the house of the Lord. — Then upon Jahaziel came the Spirit of the Lord. And he said, Be not dismayed by reason of this great multitude. To-morrow go ye down against them: Ye shall not need to fight in this battle. Set yourselves: Stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord. And they rose early in the morning, and went forth. And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Moab, Ammon, and mount Seir: — and everyone helped to destroy another.” (2 Chron. 20:2) Such was the salvation which the children of Judah saw. But how does all this prove, that we ought not to wait for the grace of God in the means which he hath ordained? …