Lost, With Hope

“O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.” (2Ch 20:12 AV)

The problem of having a great time of adversity and confusion goes hand in hand.  The people of Judah under the leadership of Jehoshaphat were surrounded by a superior enemy.  Their resources did not match their challenge.  There was no plan.  There could not be a plan because there wasn’t enough to succeed.  So, not knowing what to do is natural.  What we need to consider this morning is the God of infinite resources is not subject to our circumstances.  To us, we are limited and without hope.  To God, we are already in victory.

Life will bring with it circumstances that are will beyond our ability to overcome.  That is, without God’s help.  There are times when we are faced with very serious and difficult things that our mind is incapable of dealing with it.  When tasked with making a decision, we find it near to impossible. We are overwhelmed.  We are stressed to our limits.  We cannot see a solution.  We feel as though life is collapsing around us.  The stress level is so high, we often need others to help us make choices that need to be made.  This is where the people of God are in the above verse of scripture.  They cannot come up with any solution that will work.  So, they do what they need to do.  Their eyes are on the LORD.

Consider this, if their eyes are on the LORD, then they are fully surrendered to His solution.  Since they have exhausted all other options, the only one left is the one which the LORD will propose.  We cannot have our eyes on the LORD in the midst of our overwhelming trial unless we are fully surrendered to that which the LORD would have us to do.  When the people say their eyes are upon God, they are not saying their eyes are towards God.  They are upon God.  They rest upon God.  If we are not willing to yield to His control, then we are still trying to solve it ourselves.  Given time, we will learn, as they did, that God is the only answer for our overwhelming trials of life.