A very great multitude of enemy forces were coming to attack King Jehoshaphat, “Listen, King Jehoshaphat. This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle IS NOT YOURS, but God’s.” (2 Chron. 20:15) So, in the morning, “After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the LORD and to praise Him for the splendor of His holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying: “Give thanks to the LORD, for His love endures forever.” As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and THEY WERE DEFEATED.” (2 Chron. 20:21-22)
Can we apply this method to our own lives AMANDA? “Oh, worship the LORD in the BEAUTY OF HOLINESS! Tremble before Him, all the earth.” (Psa. 96:9) There’s something beautiful about holiness. Holiness is the most beautiful thing in the world and in Heaven. It’s beautiful in the way IT CAME FROM GOD TO MAN THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. This beauty comes to a person when they repent of their sins and trust Christ as their Savior. They have then been given beauty for ashes. There would be no holiness in the world had it not been for Jesus Christ, the Holy Son of God, and the work of the Holy Spirit. Jesus said,
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, And the day of vengeance of our God; TO COMFORT ALL WHO MOURN, To console those who mourn in Zion, TO GIVE THEM BEAUTY FOR ASHES, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.” (Isaiah 61:1-3)
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