CHANGE THE BATTLE STRATEGY

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE

MONDAY, 30TH MAY, 2022

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

General Overseer

CHANGE THE BATTLE STRATEGY

MEMORIZE: “Now when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.” 2 Chronicles 20:22. 

SCRIPTURE READING: 2 Chronicles 20:20-24.

“So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper." And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: "Praise the LORD, For His mercy endures forever." Now when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. So when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped.”

EXPOSITION:

Strategy is the technique we use in handling a matter. Battle needs functional strategy for anyone to experience and retain victory. Let us learn from eagle when it is to fight against a snake. It does not fight the snake on the ground. It picks it up into the sky and changes the battleground, and then it releases the snake into the sky. The snake has no stamina, no power, and no balance in the air. It is useless, weak, and vulnerable unlike on the ground where it is powerful wise and deadly. Take your fight into the spiritual realm by praying and when you are in the spiritual realm God takes over your battles. Don't fight the enemy in his comfort zone, change the battlegrounds like the Eagle and let God take charge through your praise and earnest prayer. You'll be assured of clean victory.

In our Scripture reading today, every battle is fought with weapons of war – swords, arrows, javelins, slings, etc, - but Jehoshaphat confronted his battle with praise and experienced the victory in an unusual way – 2 Chronicles 20:20-24. Prophet Samuel cried unto God when the Philistines rose against Israel to destroy them and God answered him – “So the children of Israel said to Samuel, "Do not cease to cry out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines." And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Then Samuel cried out to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him. Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the LORD thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel.” 1 Samuel 7:8-10.

King Abijah was confronted by King Jeroboam to utterly destroy him, but he trusted in the Lord. He cried to God and the priests blew the trumpet for divine intervention, God intervened by bringing confusion to the camp of the enemies and subdued them before him – “So Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and the LORD struck him, and he died.” 2 Chronicles 13:20. Stop relying on men and their human strength. Trust God for victory. God still answer prayers. All you need is to change the battle strategy – hand it over to God! Pray without ceasing.

PRAYER POINT:

Lord, I put my trust in you for my victory against all my enemies – known and unknown, in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR – Psalm 13-15.

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