HELP

I am confronted with a problem that is

to big for me.  There are things involved

that I have no control over.

I of course have been praying about it.

This morning in my devotional time just

as a matter of course the Lord brought 

these two kings to my attention.

King Abijah

A war broke out between King Abijah

with 400,000 soldiers and King Jeroboam

with 800,000 soldiers.  When King Abijah

and the soldiers of Judah realized that 

they were trapped;

"When Judah realized that they

were being attacked from the front

and rear, they cried out to the LORD

for help."

(2 Chronicles 13:14 NLT)

I don't even need to tell you, GOD

helped Abijah and Judah win.

Then there is King Asa when Judah

was confronted with a Ethiopian 

million man army .

"Then Asa cried out to the LORD

his God, 'O lord, no one but you 

can help the powerless against the

mighty!  Help us, O LORD our God,

for we trust in you alone.  It is in 

your name that we have com against

this vast horde." 

(2 Chronicles 14:11 NLT)

Yes, you guessed it again,

God helped King Asa and Judah win.

SAD, but somewhere along the line King

Asa began to look to mankind for help

instead of God.

Asa relied on King Benhadad by buying

his help rather than relying on God when

he had another war situation.

THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

Later;

"In the thirty-ninth year of his reign,

Asa developed a serious foot disease. 

Yet even with the severity of his disease,

he did not seek the LORD'S help but

turned only to his physicians."

(2 Chronicles 16:12 NLT)

Asa had a glorious reign when he relied

on God for help.

But,

we could almost say he died a fool's death

by turning to man for help.

"My help comes from the LORD,

who made heaven and earth!"

(Psalms 121:2 NLT)