Strong, Brave, Loved by Holley GerthSample

Day Four

The Truest Thing of All

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:12

“Our God… We do not know what to do…. ” (2 Chronicles 20:12). Haven’t we all been in that place? The one where the answers don’t come. Where everyone is counting on us and we want to count the steps to the exit. 

What will we put after the second pause in that sentence? Here are a few ways I’ve completed it. 

“I do not know what to do . . . so I’m going to eat another brownie.”

“I do not know what to do . . . so I’m going to listen to the latest expert.”

“I do not know what to do . . . so I’m going to try harder to please everyone.”

We all have our favorites. And we can all probably learn from Jehoshaphat, who first spoke those words when a vast army was approaching. Because in that hard, scary moment, he said this: “Our God, we do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” 

When we face challenging circumstances, we think we must know what to do, but in reality, all we really need to know is Who is on our side. That’s what matters on the hard days. That’s what brings the victory. 

After this declaration, Jehoshaphat did something we won’t find in any war instruction book or military briefing. He put the worshipers in front of the army. He led not with the generals but with the singers and the praisers, the choir members. 

Truth is a powerful weapon. And the truest thing of all is who God is. His character is a fortress and battering ram, an all-out assault against evil. This means worship is absolutely undefeatable. 

So if we are unsure about what to do today, if the enemy is coming and the battle is raging and maybe we have even been wounded—let us stand our ground and raise our voices. Let us speak the truth about who God is and what He has done. How big He is. How much He loves us. How He has always held the universe and our little part of it in His hands. 

We cannot lose with Him. We cannot be overcome. 

To be a worshiper is to be a warrior. 

God, we praise You because You are powerful, wise, and kind. You are our strength, our hope, and the One who makes us fiercehearted women. Amen.