In my distress, anxiety and fear, Lord, teach me to rely on You and draw closer to You.
Read 2 Chronicles 14:1-11
An 85 year-old woman, all alone in a convent, got trapped inside an elevator for 4 nights and 3 days. Fortunately, she had a jar of water, some celery sticks and a few cough drops. After she tried unsuccessfully to open the elevator doors and get a cell phone signal, she decided to turn to God in prayer. “It was either panic or pray.” she later told CNN. In her distress, she relied on God and waited till she was rescued.
Asa was also faced with the options of panic or pray (2 Chronicles 14). He was attacked by an Ethiopian army of a million men. But as he faced this huge fighting force, instead of relying on military strategy or cowering in dread, he turned to the Lord in urgent prayer. In a powerful and humble prayer, Asa confessed his total dependence on Him, asked for help and appealed to the Lord to protect His own name: “Help us, O Lord our God, for we rest on You and in Your name we go against this multitude” (v 11). The Lord responded to Asa’s prayer and he won the victory over the Ethiopian army.
When we are faced with tight spots, meagre resources, a vast army of problems or seemingly dead-end solutions, let’s not panic but instead turn to God who fights for His people and gives them victory.
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