Trusted And Helped

1 Chronicles 5:15-20 – Ahi the son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was chief in their fathers' houses, and they lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits. All of these were recorded in genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war. They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. And when they prevailed over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea because they trusted in him.

2 Chronicles 2:20,30 – And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.”… So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.

Psalm 46:5 – God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.

Psalm 26:1 – Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

Daniel 6:23 – Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

Application:

• ·         “Have faith in the Lord your God and…in His prophets” was a particularly apt word for the Chronicler’s contemporaries to hear from this Jehoshaphat—at a time when their only hope for the future lay with the Lord and the reassuring words of His prophets.
• ·         Righteous kings have victory in warfare, while wicked rulers experience defeat.
• ·         God’s help brings on the dawn of deliverance, dispelling the night of danger.
• ·         Obedience and trust are the two sides of godliness.
• ·         That the lions were ravenously hungry was no obstacle to the Lord’s rewarding Daniel’s faith by saving his life.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV