November 18, 2024
- Read 2 Chronicles 14:1-15
There are several benefits of receiving God’s help. One of them is Restoration. When God begins to help us, we begin to experience the rest of the Lord. This means cessation of troubles.
Verses 6-7 of our anchor text implies that God had given him (Asa) rest. When we are rested, we can build, and we can prosper. In 1 Kings 5:3, King Solomon stated that his father could not build a house for God, because of the wars surrounding him on every side. He had no rest until God put his enemies under his feet. Only then was he able to even consider building a house for God. King Solomon was only able to build God’s temple because God gave him rest – 1 Kings 5:4.
We must remember to prepare for war in the time of rest and as well build in the time of rest. The time of rest is not the time to stop praying, or to stop attending church, as there will be a time when we will need what we built during the time of rest. Verse 8 of our main text showed how King Asa prepared for war in the time of rest.
Once God is helping us, it is over for our enemies – they will not even be able to act!
Another benefit of God’s help is enjoying the works of God’s hands such as divine intervention. In verse 12, we saw how God struck the Ethiopians who had come to fight the children of God. This is divine intervention, as the children of God did not have to lift a finger. Sometimes, enemies may be stronger than us, and this is where God’s divine intervention plays a crucial role. If God be for us, who can be against us? Goliath was certainly stronger than David, however with God on David’s side, even a stone was able to defeat the ‘great’ giant who had been terrorising all of Israel’s army.
An additional benefit of God’s help is our enemies begin to experience the fear and the terror of the Lord. Verse 14 of our anchor scripture shows us how the fear of God gripped the cities around Gerar and prevented them from taking action, allowing King Asa and the people of Judah to prevail.
Jacob’s family was not attacked as they journeyed to Bethel, because the terror of God was upon all the surrounding cities – Genesis 35:4-5. Once God is helping us, it is over for our enemies – they will not even be able to act!
May we continue to enjoy the benefits of God’s help in the name of Jesus.
Song of Worship
Helper X3
The man You helped has come to worship You (X2)
Savior. Song by Tim Bush and Tye Tribbett.
Prayer: Father, we thank You for your help today. Please continue to provide divine intervention for us. We pray that our enemies will constantly be gripped with the fear of God and will be unable to harm us no matter how much stronger than us they may be. We ask all of these in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.