2 Chronicles 20
Prayer (vv. 1-4)
A. When the world attacks…
B. …seek the Lord.
Preaching (vv. 14-17)
A. Do not fear
B. Do not falter
C. Do not fight
Praise (vv. 20-23)
A. The praising choir
B. The providential confrontation
C. The promised confusion
Power (vv. 27-30)
A. The rejoicing of God’s people
B. The reputation of God’s people
More to Consider
Worship is all that we are, reacting rightly to all that He is. How broad is the biblical concept of worship? And how accurate is your perception of it? Worship is to the Christian life what the mainspring is to a watch, what the engine is to a car. It is the very core, the most essential element
John MacArthur
When faced by a combined army of the Moabites and the Ammonites, two ancient enemies of Israel (Gen. 19:30–38; Deut. 23:3; Neh. 13:1ff), Jehoshaphat put his faith in the Lord, and God gave him a great victory. The combination of prayer (20:3–13), prophecy (20:14–17), and praise (20:18–22) brought him the victory. (We wonder how the choir of Levites felt about going out before the army. But worship is a great weapon against the enemy.)
Wiersbe, W. W. (1993). Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the Old Testament (2 Ch 13–36). Victor Books.
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
C S Lewis
What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.
A.W. Tozer
