Stand Ye Still

Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Stand ye still. 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, tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord will be with you.

Second Chronicles twenty seventeen.

Okay. The Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites had organized a great multitude, seeking to destroy Judah under King Jehoshaphat. But the king and his people came together to seek the Lord in prayer for deliverance, and God answered. The Spirit of the Lord spoke through Jehaziel, assuring them that the battle is not yours, but God's. Then the Lord sent what may have seemed a strange instruction, Stand ye still.

He said, just watch God do it. And he did. All their enemies were constrained by the Lord to fight and destroy each other, without the Israelites having to fight at all. Similarly, at the Red Sea, when everything looked hopeless, Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.

So they did, and all Pharaoh's armies were overthrown in the midst of the sea. In Isaiah's day, when Israel was tempted to call on pagan Egypt for help against pagan Assyria, God said concerning Israel's armies, Their strength is to sit still. As the ship was being buffeted in the storm and the sailors in panic were about to flee in the lifeboat, Paul said, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

So they stayed. and God spared every man. There are times for action, of course, but the principle is this When we have done all we can and the situation seems hopeless, this is the time to sit still and trust God to work it out in His own good way. Be still and know that I am God. Got any rivers you think are uncrossable?

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