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Jehoshaphat’s Victory — Part 1
“Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s” (2 Chronicles 20:15).
Sometimes the Lord has to put us in circumstances to remind us that our enemy Satan, and his hosts, are nothing new. If you will read the 20th chapter of 2 Chronicles you will find that the enemies of Israel were the same old enemies that they had always had. They had often met these enemies since leaving Egypt as a redeemed and delivered people. We find at the beginning of this chapter, that the different enemies come together at one time to fight against the people of God. “It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle” (2 Chronicles 20:1). Our enemy often does this as well. He gathers together his forces to make us scared and afraid. “Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8). Thankfully we have One who is greater than the devil!
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