Friday, May 11, 2007

Dependant

2 Chronicles 14:8-20 (New Living Translation)

8 King Asa had an army of 300,000 warriors from the tribe of Judah, armed with large shields and spears. He also had an army of 280,000 warriors from the tribe of Benjamin, armed with small shields and bows. Both armies were composed of well-trained fighting men.
9 Once an Ethiopian named Zerah attacked Judah with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. They advanced to the town of Mareshah,

10 so Asa deployed his armies for battle in the valley north of Mareshah.
11 Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God, “O Lord, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O Lord, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”
12 So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians in the presence of Asa and the army of Judah, and the enemy fled.

13 Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar, and so many Ethiopians fell that they were unable to rally. They were destroyed by the Lord and his army, and the army of Judah carried off a vast amount of plunder.

King Asa had a large army 580,000 man over a half a million, that is allot of warriors. But he also had a problem, the Ethiopian army had 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. So he was out numbered almost two to one. Then it says King Asa cried out to GOD "no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty!" then GOD did it. I am struck by the word "So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians in the presence of Asa and the army of Judah". It did not say that GOD gave the army of King Asa the ability and each warrior killed two Ethiopian warriors and they all ganged up on the 300 chariots. It says the LORD defeated the Ethiopians in the presence of King Asa army. All glory and honor and power belong to the LORD alone.

1 comment:

m.remedios said...

God makes it clear SO often that it is simply not about us, rather Him.