Have you ever wondered what difference it makes whether we do things in our own strength, or whether we have total reliance on the LORD? Does it really make a difference? With our mouths we say, “yes”, but with our actions, do we say “yes”? There was a man years ago who learned hard lessons on this very subject. His name was Asa, and he was the King of Judah (the southern Kingdom of the Hebrew people). We can learn much from Asa.
King Asa had several victories, because of his reliance on the LORD. The LORD proved himself strong through bringing victories to King Asa and Judah that they just should not have won. The Ethiopians out numbered Judah. They came against Judah with 1 million soldiers! They were going against Asa’s 580,000 soldiers. So there were almost twice as many Ethiopian soldiers as there were soldiers of Judah. King Asa went and cried to the LORD with this wonderful plea,
2Chronicles 14:11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
2Chronicles 14:12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
With this plea, the LORD smote the Ethiopians, and Judah won a battle that they should not have ever won. This proves that no amount of skill, talent, or numbers can take the place of having the LORD of Heaven and Earth on your side!
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