lethal weapons

Today my time in the Word was incredibly encouraging. I was reading from 2 Chronicles 20. Here's some background of the story...

The Moabites, Ammonites and Meunites are coming against Jehoshaphat and his people for a battle. Jehoshaphat cries out to the Lord because he knows that they are basically about to face defeat, doomed to be utterly crushed by the opposing armies. "...For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us..." (part of verse 12). Yet, Jehoshaphat continues, "We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you".

The spirit of the Lord then comes upon them and says (vs. 17), "Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God's... You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position and see the salvation of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed (emphasizing it for a second time). Tomorrow go out against them, and the Lord will be with you. Then Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping the Lord. And the Levites, of the Koharthites and the Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice" (this ends verse 19). The next morning, as they headed out before the army, "they began to sing and praise" (vs. 21). Sing and worship! How crazy is that! They know they're about to go into a war in which they and all their families will almost certainly be slaughtered, facing weapons, large masses of enemies, bloodshed, and more. Yet they're simply praising! Praising in battle! I wonder what an experience that must've been! Their front line soldiers as worship leaders :) Meanwhile, as Jehoshaphat and his people are lifting up songs to the Father, the Lord begins to set an ambush against the opposing men and "none had escaped" (vs. 24).

THEY WON! Yet to think that their only weapons were praise and thankfulness!?! I love this! It's the most timely, sweet, humbling reminder from the Lord. He gently whispers to me that I need not one thing for the battles I face in this life except worship for Him and a heart brimming with thankfulness. He will do the rest. He has already won! I may not know what to do, just like Jehoshaphat, but I must simply keep my eyes steadily fixed on Him. There's no need to even fight, when my King, the Alpha and the Omega, has already given me the weapon of bowing low before Him and worshipping Him to unleash at any moment :) Thank you, Jesus for these most lethal, yet precious weapons :)