It is quite encouraging when we lean or let God fight on our behalf. His strategies are sure to succeed because His Words must perform what He says. God never fails, His Word is sure, likewise His strategies never fail!
God is mindful of each of us in His strategic plans for us. – Consider how he protected the Israelites as they journey in the desert. At start of their journey on the desert, there was a short cut that would involve walking across the land of the Philistines. But God was so careful, saying I would rather walk them around the long way lest the Israelites see the Philistines and get scared. God may lead us the alternate way or even take a detour, but while doing this, know that He is protecting us, leading through the safer ways.
God strategies may not make sense to human Minds-Joshua obeyed and followed the none conventional strategy to match around Jericho. What man perceives as simple are very effective in God’s strategies. With God it does not matter what He uses. In fact, God has historically God used very simple things, never complex and detailed initiatives; all very simple: With David, it was rocks not heavy duty ammunition. To Nathan the king it was dipping himself in water seven times, with Noah, it was the boat, with the Israelites, confusion, praise and worship, with Jael a peg and a hummer and with Gideon, a down-sized army. so just trust what God tells you to do.
God’s strategies may involve causing your adversary or condition to work in your favor. In many occasions as Israelites walked through the desert to acquire new land, God either imposed fear in the nations based on the testimony of His works in leading them out of Egypt. Some nations even feared before the Israelites took over their cities. See Rahab’s confession to the two spies. (Joshua: 2). If you read further, some tribes resulted to pretentious behaviors just in order to submit to the Israelites. Be prepared for your adversaries or the negative situation to work o your behalf. Hence all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)
God takes lead in coordinating the strategies. If you study God’s war strategies under David’s or Joshua’s leadership. God basically, told t David and Joshua, “take the army, but place them here and there” and then God lets them use common sense to win. God coordinated the winning strategy.
At times God fights by creating utter confusion on any challenge to our breakthrough. I love it. A perfect example is what happened to the Egyptian army and it pursued the Israelites as they crossed the red sea. All it took was God to look down. I Exodus 14:23-25 says the Egyptians pursued with all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen and they went into the middle of the sea after them. In the morning watch, the LORD looked down on the Egyptian camp through the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian camp into confusion. He made the wheels of their chariots wobble so that they drove them with difficulty. The Egyptians said, “Let’s flee from Israel because the LORD is fighting for them and against us. “When I read that God looked down through the cloud, and the wheels of the Egyptian chariots started to disassemble. The Egyptian themselves warned “let’s go back, their God is fighting for them. Halleluyah! God’s mighty power is so profound that our adversary must testify and depart, when God’s fights for us. When faced with challenges, focus on God not the challenge. God may just look down and bring confusion to the weapons or means satan is utilizing against you. In fact, this is further attested in Isaiah 54:16-17 Behold, I have created the blacksmith who blows the coals in the fire, who brings forth an instrument for his work; And I have created the spoiler to destroy. No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me, “Says the Lord. Because God also created any weapon and the user of those weapons, God can frustrate both the weapon and the user on our behalf!
And then at times God fights in silence– When we are waiting and asking when will we see a delay in answers. God works best in our deserts and night hours. Recall the armies that went against the Israelites. At night confusion arouse. Some were blinded so that fought each other. When the Israelites work up the next day, the enemies were dead and scattered. God did the same with Egyptians. The Israelites cross over in terror of ambush at night, but when daylight came, they saw dead bodies floating ashore!
At times, God will stir up those in higher positions to favor you-And there are times He just did personal stuff with the adversary through dreams to kings; stirring up their dreams. Like the with Abimelech and Abraham (Genesis 20:18). In Esther 6, the king reading of the chronicles. The result was Mordercai’s salvation from death and promotion to takeover Haman’s position, to save and promote Mordecai.
Continue to trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean not in your understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make straight your paths. Relax, let God handle it. He is very good at both vengeance and recompense. GOD WILL PROVIDE THE WINNING STRATEGY!
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