2 Chronicles 20:1-25 | God's Help in Times of Trouble | Rich Jones

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Life here on this earth has many troubles. And there are many types of troubles. There are troubles that come from our own foolish choices and there are troubles that come from the troubled world in which we live.
As I mentioned last week, God wants to keep us from the troubles that come from our own foolish choices. This world has enough troubles of its own and we don’t need to add troubles of our own foolish making.
One of the great lessons of life, however, is to know that if you do something foolish and it brings great troubles, God is the One you must rely on for help. He will not turn you away, He will help if you trust in His hand to lead you.
Illus - Many people plant the weeds of poor decisions in their lives and then when those weeds grow up, they have nothing but trouble all around. Here’s the answer. God may not have led you into that field of weeds, but he certainly knows the way out! There was a children’s song we used to sing in Sunday School, “The Lord knows the way through the wilderness, all I have to do is follow.”
Then there are troubles that come not from our own doing, but from the fact that this is a messed up and troubled world.
God wants you to look to Him in times of trouble, regardless of where that trouble came from. There are life lessons for how to respond in times of trouble. If you are not facing troubles now, you must still take hold of these principles. You will surely one day need them.
That brings us to 2 Chronicles 20. The story takes place in the southern kingdom of Judah. Jehoshaphat reigned as king. He had pursued the ways of God in his life and therefore the Lord strengthened the kingdom in his control and Jehoshaphat was blessed of God. He did well for much of his life.
As we studied last week, however, he brought trouble upon himself when he decided to build an alliance with the king of Israel in the north by having his son marry Ahab’s daughter. This was not good. Jehoshaphat never asked God and this alliance got him into the thick of great trouble. Only with the help of God did he get out of that trouble.
He learned a valuable lesson. He learned from his mistake, which is a valuable lesson unto itself. Some people are so stubborn they refuse to take hold of the lessons of life. But Jehoshaphat did learn from his mistake and the lessons he learned would serve him well.
In 2 Chronicles 20, Jehoshaphat faced the greatest and most difficult troubles of his life. Not just one army, but an alliance of armies was coming against him. He turned to God for help in times of trouble. But it wasn’t just the fact that he turned to God for help, it’s how he did it. The story is filled with great spiritual application and life lessons.
I. Face Your Troubles with Faith
 It’s very common for people to ignore their troubles, to avoid them, to pretend they will go away all on their own. But they won’t go away on their own, and the more you avoid them, the greater they become.
 Face your troubles head-on and face them with faith, believing that God will be your help.
 If anyone understood troubles, it would have been David. He understood where help comes from…
Psalm 121:1-2, I will lift up mine eyes to the hills, where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, maker of heaven and earth.
 Jehoshaphat heard the report that a great multitude was coming against him from beyond the Dead Sea. It was even reported that they had already encroached as far as Engedi. This problem wasn’t going away, it was coming after him!
 How Jehoshaphat responded to that trouble is the unfolding of great principles of life…
A. Seek the Lord first
 Verse 3 - before Jehoshaphat faced the trouble, he turned his attention to seek the Lord.
 This was the error of his father King Asa. No doubt Jehoshaphat was there when the land of Judah was invaded by the Ethiopian army of 1 million fighting men.
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