Obediant Soldiers

SCRIPTURE
2 Chronicles 11:4 "...Do not go up to fight against your brothers. Go home, every one of you, for this is my doing. So they obeyed the words of the Lord and turned back from marching against Jeroboam.


OBSERVATION
180,000 soldiers were gathered up by Rehoboam and were heading out to battle against Israel to regain the kingdom. God sent his word to them to turn back and not to fight. They obeyed!


APPLICATION
Wow! As much effort as it must have taken to gather that many soldiers and get them ready for battle, they didn't hesitate to pull back when the Lord spoke. This causes me to wonder if a lot of time and energy could have been saved if they had sought God's will for the situation to begin with! We need to seek God in every decision, and regardless of how much effort we put into something, if God says to turn back, we must be obedient to his word.

PRAYER
Father, help me to seek you in every decisions and be willing to obey your word despite the cost! I want to be an obedient soldier in your kingdom!
Amen.