JOSEPHAT

2 Chronicles 20:2-25

Josaphat, faced with a great problem, decided to ask God for help.

3 enemy armies wanted to defeat him.

But unlike many believers, he did not go and complain to God. Instead, he prayed a very powerful prayer:

1st – He spoke to a great God;

He admitted that in him and in the people there would be no strength;

He admitted that he did not know what to do;

4th – He put his eyes on God;

5 – Believed and praised God;

As a result, God caused the enemy armies to kill each other. Josaphat and the people only had to collect the spoils.

HOW IT APPLIES TO YOUR LIFE

Sometimes, when we have a problem, we want to tell God how big the problem and/or the enemy is.

But this kind of prayer does not work.

We have to follow Josaphat’s example and say how great God is.

We have to wage war in the spiritual world but at all times:

-remember that God is greater than any enemy or problem;

-believe that nothing is impossible for God;

THE WEAPON OF SURRENDERING PROBLEMS TO GOD

Philippians 4:6-8

This type of prayer consists of handing over our problems and worries into God’s hands, so that we can “transfer” them from our hands into God’s. We must let God be God.

Many people, when they have a problem, try to solve it on their own, without consulting God. Only after things have gone wrong do they remember God.

The solution is to:

-put God first;

-not chasing money and “things”;

BIBLICAL EXAMPLES

1 Peter 5:7

PRACTICAL EXAMPLE

Saying a prayer in which you hand the problem over to God – “Oh God, on the basis of Philippians 4:6-8, I place this problem/situation into your hands… Amen”