Looking out over the Watchtower.....

Jehoshaphat, King of Judah. He can be a picture of us, spiritually speaking who know and walk with Jesus Christ. He did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, though there were some areas where he did not walk in fellowship with the Lord. This can be a picture of us, with Jesus Christ. We are made perfect and we are united with the Lord through faith in His Son. We trust Him and surrender to Him to transform us, changing us to His image.

Just as Jehosphat was in a place of peace and rest in the Lord, 11 Chron. 20, the enemy came upon him suddenly. He experienced a sudden attack of the enemy, just like it can be said of us, who walk with the Lord, we know that often the enemy comes upon us (upon our minds, etc.) with a sudden vicious onslaught, meant to paralyze us and destroy our faith and confidence in the Word of God.

Jehoshophat's eyes it says in verse 12 remained on the Lord. He humbled himself and kept his eyes on the Lord even though he did not know what to do. In this way his heart was open to hearing the Spirit of the Lord speak to him. Verse 15 - Jehosphaphat says to the Lord in the midst of the gathered children of Israel, WE TRUST YOU. OUR CONFIDENCE IS IN YOU! This battle belongs to you Lord was his declaration. It can be ours too ~ in the midst of a sudden attack against us, against our minds, against our families - unfortunately, we can become filled with fear and uncertainty OR we can boldly declare our trust in JESUS CHRIST AND ALL THAT HE HAS DONE FOR US. The sudden attacks can become places where our despair and trials can become opportunities to choose Christ and trust Him and come to know Him more.

Finally, we see a bold declaration of God's faithfulness and keeping power in verse 17: "Ye shall not need to fight in this battle; set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you" .... and finally scripture says, "and Jerusalem fell before the Lord and worshipping the Lord." (verse 18)

This great confidence and bold declaration of their trust and faith in a great trial enabled them to climb a great tower where they saw not the circumstances, but instead they saw the dead bodies of men all around them. (Spiritually speaking we"see" this around us as well when we walk by faith and not by sight , .. this is a place where we are lifted up, with our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our Faith. Out of our circumstances we are granted faith to believe and trust the Lord - CHRIST OUR HIGH TOWER) "And when Judah came toward the watchtower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and , behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves; more than they could carry away, and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much." ( verse 24,25)

I just encourage us to continue to trust and lean upon the Lord who will never leave nor forsake us, and is surely with us all in our times of despair, where in the midst of peace and rest, we too, may experience an unexpected and sudden attack of the enemy. If we humble ourselves the Lord will give us the faith to see "spiritually" speaking for a place of a high tower in CHRIST JESUS. Our faith in Him will be our bold declaration of a great Victory (the great spoil that is ours , amen !)