Setting God's Throne Amidst Chaos
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Summary
In one line: "The battle is not yours, but God's" (2 Chronicles 20:13-15) — God spoke only after Judah gave Him His place: set His throne in the midst of your chaos.
Key points
- When all Judah stood before the Lord, the Spirit came on Jahaziel. "Did God know the battle was His? Then why didn't He speak? Nobody gave Him His place."
- God defends His interests, not your business — make it His business, and He contends for it.
Transcript
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Verse 13.
Now look at this. And all Judah stood before the Lord with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Now, this is where the action begins. Then upon Jehaziel, the son of Zachariah, the son of Ben, Bena, not Benny, the son of Jel,
the son of Matana,
a Levite of the sons of Asah. As as
Okay, thank you. It moved for me. came the spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation. You see, when you genuinely give something to God, he comes to take it.
Amen.
Father, those who are ready to give you burdens, visit them.
Amen.
God will come in the midst and take his he will take his place. But watch what happens next.
And he said, remember the spirit of God fell upon him. The spirit of prophecy came upon him. And he said, "How can ye, oh 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."
Come on.
But God's
Hallelujah.
Now, stop right there before we go to the next verse. You can already flip to the next verse, but I'm not reading it yet. But just hold on. Now, you ask yourself a question. Did God know that the battle was his?
Why didn't he say anything?
Because nobody gave him his place.
Whenever you want God to take control of something,
set his throne in the midst of that chaos.
Amen.
Come on.
I think somebody just got deliverance by that word.
Hallelujah.
Give the Lord put a throne for God in that place and see if you will not come and sit.
Try and see if he will not come
and make himself known.
Because now you have officially
made him to contend because you have made it his business.
Yeah.
Amen.
Yes.
The problem is you make something your business and you want him to defend your business. No, he's not going to.
God only defends his interests.
Amen. That's good. Amen. That is why you find with Job,
Job is minding his business, laughing God and doing