Preparation for Victory
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17 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: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.
Introduction.
Introduction.
Prayer Cloths
When you go to fight a war, how you prepare shows what you believe will happen.
We must prepare for victory.
When God prepares to do something, we must prepare for victory in that.
Noah prepared for victory by building the ark.
God was going to prepare to destroy the enemies of the world, and Noah had to build a way to prepare something to ride through it. God has made a way.
And what are we trying to do with this Word, this morning? Is, build something for you to ride through on, your victory. God’s Word, THUS SAITH THE LORD, see, ride through on His Word. “God said so!” 56-0108 — God Hath A Provided Way
Moses prepared for victory by coming into the presence of the Burning Bush.
Strange God appears in fire. They say this is wild fire. Well, I admit we got some wild fire, but I’d rather have a little wild fire than no fire at all, wouldn’t you? The trouble of it is with you teachers, you’re trying to set back and say, “Back there on the day of Pentecost this happened, and back there they had this.”
You’re trying to let the people that’s cold get warm by a painted fire. You can’t warm by a picture. What they had’s fine, but what you got now. That’s it. You can’t warm by a painted fire. Talking the theology, what they did back there…What He was there, He is now just the same. 53-1111 — Preparation
Samson prepared for victory by encouraging his family.
This little old Shamgar, he got his place filled up, and he got his food all laid up, his wheat. And oh, those year before the Philistines took it away from him.
I can see him, his poor little old wife out there, and the sleeves all out of her dress, and his little children standing there real peaked, their faces all drawed down, about like some of these little churches now that’s been kicked and beat around by some of these theological cemetery, embalmers. That’s right.
You know, that puts me in mind of a morgue. They take a dead man in that’s already dead and shoot a lot of fluid into him to be sure he stays dead. That’s the way they do; just keep him dead.
“Don’t believe that stuff. Don’t go around one of them meetings. It’s nothing but a bunch of fanatics.” Oh, mercy, how can you believe?
Then I can see this great big bin of wheat. He say, “Well, now honey,” I hear Shamgar saying, “Now, sweetheart, maybe we, the children…Now, we got the harvest in and maybe we can feed them a little bit.”
We’re going to have a revival pretty soon and maybe some of these people have a little, you know how the pastor gets his church set up to the place…
And the first thing you know, Shamgar was standing there talking to his wife, and she looked so pale. And I could see the tears on his cheeks, poor little thing, she’s starved to death.
See his little children, how hungry they look, and no clothes on…Philistines, big old fat potato bug come right in and take it right out just as fast as he could make it. And there…
That’s the way the devil will do it: chop it right away from you, take everything you can get, come right around and rob you of every bit of experience you’ve got, take everything away from you, telling you there’s no such a thing, pointing to some old crow bait laying on the bank.
His righteous indignation rose; he grabbed that ox-goad, and jumped through the window and challenged six hundred Philistines, and stood there and beat their heads in. Right. Why? Not a warrior, not at all, but he was a Israelite; he was circumcised.
And if tonight you’re circumcised with the Holy Ghost you don’t have to wait till you’re trained to be a warrior. God bless your heart, claim your God given privilege, and beat their heads in. Amen.
That’s right. Say, “Get out of the way, Satan.” Kick him out of the way. “I’m the guy that’s taking over now. I come in Jesus’ Name.” Watch him scatter. Brother, when you use that faith on him, he will back up. 53-1111 — Preparation
(Boo Devil)
David prepared for victory by coming in the name of the Lord.
45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Here come little David just a bouncing in the Spirit, “Ha, ha, ha.” Oh, what a holy-roller. Victory already…Hallelujah. Why, he placed the Name of The Lord God of Israel before him. All devils in hell couldn’t wade across that. Little David just a dancing in the spirit…Oh glory. Hallelujah.
(David was a dancer)
And here he went up there just a dancing in the Spirit as hard as he could. Why? By faith he saw the victory. Amen. He saw the victory.
He took his little old sling in there, one of these stones, and he give a dance and here he comes, coming around. Oh, I see Goliath saying, “Ho, ho, ho, ho.”
What was it? He had five stones: F-a-i-t-h in five fingers wrapped, this string around J-e-s-u-s. Here he comes. Oh, brother. Look out, Goliath. You got to fall.
And when he set that loose, the Holy Ghost got a hold of that little old stone and picked up a speed about a thousand miles per second, struck that giant between the face and he fell forward. Hallelujah. Oh, my.
There goes David marching in, pulling old Goliath’s head behind him. Victory, God prepared him a man to take care of it.
Upper Room
And, brother, about several hundred years after that, the Church of God had become tied down. But I can hear one thing, saying, “Behold, I send a promise of the Father upon you. I want this Gospel preached in all the world.
I want signs to follow the believers. I want to heal the sick till I come again. I’m going away, but I give you the keys of the Kingdom. Whatever you ask in My Name, that I’ll do. But before you do this, I got to prepare you.” Amen.
They climbed up the hillsides, up yonder to the temple, stayed in the upper room until all of a sudden they got to a place one said, “I don’t care if I am a Methodist.”
Another one said, “I don’t care if I am a Baptist, or Sadducee,” till all the differences got out of them. And when they did, they started blessing God. And about that time the preparation come from heaven.
(Cloven tongues like fire, staggered like drunk men)
That was God’s preparation. God hasn’t changed His plan. That was to be until Jesus come back again. It sounds ridiculous to an ordinary man. “Why, the very idea, you mean I have to go down and act like a maniac? Huh.” You’ll either do that or stay out, either one you want to. 53-1111 — Preparation
Jehoshaphat made preparations for a battle he couldn’t win alone, by praying and fasting.
14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation;
15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
17 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: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you.
18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord.
19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.
22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
Conclusion.
Prepare for victory this week, worship the Lord.