“So when the Aramean chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat in his royal robes, they went after him. “There is the king of Israel!” they shouted. But Jehoshaphat called out, and the LORD saved him. God helped him by turning the attackers away from him.”
2 Chronicles 18:31 NLT
I find it interesting that when King Jehoshaphat saw the attack coming, his first instinct was to cry out to God. He didn't say to his army "attack," he didn't get scared and turn and run, he didn't surrender to the attacker, nor did he wonder what he was going to do. He called on God for help! What is your first instinct when trouble comes your way, what is the first thing you do when you are faced with a problem? For many years my first instinct was to go to my friends for advice or I would try to figure it out myself, and then if none of that work, THEN I would call on God. I learned over the years that didn't always work out for me all the time, and if I am being truely honest, it didn't work most of the time. I started realizing that God wants me to come to Him at the first sign of trouble. He wants to be the One to be there for me, He wants to be my problem-solver. When I started going to Him first, I got answers, I got solutions, and really, who better to give you the solutions to the problem than the Creator?! I'm not telling you to stop going to your friends, what I am saying is that we need to go to God first!
Take Away: the next time you are faced with a problem or dilema, instead of running to your friends, or even running away, stop what you are doing and cry out to God for help, and then watch and listen!
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