My Defender

"Come with great power, O God, and rescue me! Defend me with Your might." Psalm 54:1

I heard a song today that says "I trust in Jesus, my Great Deliver, My Strong Defender, the Son of God" The name defender stuck with me, I've known God is our defender but it was perfect timing for me to be reminded. It has been an emotional week, one where I kept feeling like I was being knocked down just as soon as I would stand back up from the last time. Struggled with feeling like I was allowing these things to happen, to just take another blow and become passive to it. But it is time that stops! Yeah things are going to happen, people are going to let you down, say hurtful things, things may not seem to go right at times , etc. BUT God does not want us to stay in that place of hurt with our face to the floor. He is our defender! He has given us the weapons needed to fight the enemy and those negative emotions he tries to throw on us. I was reading about Jehoshaphat today in a Bible study book I'm doing and was reminded once again that God defends His people, He does NOT make them go out to battle alone. 2 Chronicles 20 says “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid! Don’t be discouraged by this mighty army, for the battle is not yours, but God’s. ¹⁶ Tomorrow, march out against them. You will find them coming up through the ascent of Ziz at the end of the valley that opens into the wilderness of Jeruel. ¹⁷ But you will not even need to fight. Take your positions; then stand still and watch the Lord’s victory. He is with you, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you!” Haha, if God never changes and this is how He handled a battle Jehoshaphat was facing I believe this is how he helps us when we seem to be facing a battle. He tells us to not be discouraged or afraid, we will not even have to fight, but to stand still and firm in faith and watch God's victory, He is with us! Hallelujah. I like the next verses as well, something too that I believe is essential when we are facing a battle. We need to come to a place of praise and thanksgiving. “Listen to me, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be able to stand firm. Believe in his prophets, and you will succeed.”
 ²¹ After consulting the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the Lord and praising him for his holy splendor. This is what they sang:
   “Give thanks to the Lord;
      his faithful love endures forever!”
 ²² At the very moment they began to sing and give praise, the Lord caused the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir to start fighting among themselves.

This is awesome. They praised God BEFORE the battle was won :)  I love how Jehoshaphat tells them to believe God, then they will be able to stand firm. How true! God is more than able to handle the battle you are up against, so stop trying to fight it yourself, stand still and watch God deliver you and bring victory. Believe God, stand firm in faith and praise Him, for He is entirely faithful and always good :) He is your defender, so trust Him to defend, and use the Word as your weapon to fight that enemy, don't let him deceive you to thinking you have to stay in a low place of disappointment because it's not true! Stand on the Word and get out of that low place, don't let satan steal abundant life from you. Rest in God and His total peace and unconditional love, walk in what He has for you. And you can't walk in what He has for you if your face is to the floor in despair. Stand up and walk, good is ahead so get excited!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6koz1p2Q6Bw Trust In Jesus by Thrid Day