Prayer of Jehoshaphat
Is It Up To You
2 Chronicles 20:5 Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, 6 and said:
“O Lord God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You? 7 Are You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever? 8 And they dwell in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying, 9 ‘If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’ 10 And now, here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir—whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them— 11 here they are, rewarding us by coming to throw us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit. 12 O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
What do you see at work,
on the way to work,
in schools,
at the doctor's office,
at the hospital,
in court
sitting at a traffic signal
walking on a sidewalk
at the Post Office
your favorite store?
What do you see,
not your neighbor's opinion,
not what the media tells you,
not what your Boss tells you,
not what your email box tells you.
What do you see? What is in your heart?
Seek the Lord with these questions in mind and see if, with a few changes, this prayer of Jehoshaphat might become your own.