August 31 2018

Be Strong and Courageous

“Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him.  With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 2 Chronicles 32:7-8

I love the visual here:  the enemy only has an arm of flesh on their side, but we have the Lord our God. 
The Lord is the one that helps us to fight our battles. 
We do not fight our battles on our own. 
The Lord goes ahead and prepares the way. 
He sees the beginning from the end and knows the path we must take to become that which He has called us to.
So, we are called to be strong and courageous.
We are not to be dismayed before the “kings of Assyria” we encounter in our lives –whether they represent physical concerns, financial concerns, emotional concerns or relational concerns. 
Those “kings” in our life only operate out of an arm of flesh. 
We operate in the spiritual realm, with the Hand of the Lord our God fighting for us and going ahead to prepare the way. 
Be encouraged today.


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Posted August 31, 2018 by Laurie Hopkins in category "Uncategorized

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