HE'S NOT FIGHTING YOUR BATTLES!!

And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s." - 1 Chronicles 20:15 (NKJV)


Have you ever heard someone say that God is going to fight their battles for them?
It's a nice thought ... but it's wrong.

You see, God isn't interested in fighting your battles,  He isn't going to join in your side of the fight.  Why?  Because they aren't your battles to begin with.  Once we make Him Lord over our lives, everything that we have (both the good and the bad) become His.  He has ownership, authority, and responsibility over our lives.

Of course that's a two-sided coin.  On the one hand we give up our rights to do as we see fit.  We submit to His word, His direction, His instruction, and His plan.  He really does have to become our Lord.
But the flip side of that is that the problems that seem impossible to solve, the attacks that seem impossible to resist, and the battles that seem impossible to win - they belong to Him now.  They are in the hands of the God of the impossible.  And He isn't simply joining with us against our enemies.  Those who come against us are HIS enemies!!

I remember how liberating it was when I first realized this.  An issue would pop up and instead of "God, please help me get through this" my prayer became "Lord, this isn't my problem.  This is your problem.  You're going to have to fix it.  Just tell me what you want me to do."  It wasn't a matter of shirking my responsibility in these situations, but of recognizing His authority.  When we realize that the battles don't belong to us, when we realize that God is claiming responsibility for those things, suddenly our fear is replaced with faith.  Our worry is replaced with the incredible assurance that our God has the victory well in hand.

So stop saying God is fighting YOUR battles!!! You don't have any battles!!! They're HIS...and He always wins His battles.  RELAX and rest in the Lord!!