“TOMORROW!”

 2 Chronicles 20:13-17                  (ESV)

“[13] Meanwhile ALL JUDAH stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. [14] And the SPIRIT of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. [15] And HE said, “Listen, ALL JUDAH and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the LORD to you, ‘DO NOT BE AFRAID and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS but GOD’s. [16] “TOMORROW” go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel. [17] You will not need to fight in this battle. STAND FIRM, HOLD YOUR POSITION, and SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD ON YOUR BEHALF, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. “TOMORROW” go out against them, and the LORD WILL BE WITH YOU.””

Having to wait until “TOMORROW” for THE LORD to act on our behalf has proven to be the hardest thing to do for me!  As humans, we tend to have a tendency to expect things to happen in a Genesis 1 mentality, GOD SPEAKS and IT IS! We can’t SEE that we are not the only ones being affected by the results of everything going on in our midst, even our own health events!

Fifteen years ago next month I experienced “a massive Brain Hemorrhage”!  I didn’t “recover” in a few days.  As a matter of fact, my “recovery” is ongoing.  I had plans to begin a Non-Profit later on that very day, but GOD demonstrated HIS SOVEREIGNTY and orchestrated HIS PLAN!  For ESPECIALLY me, HIS PLAN would not include me getting back into the “rat race” of “this world” for almost two years!  Even then I believe that HE allowed me to experience having the insurance agency I had previously to SEE that I was NOT the same person that I was prior to the Brain Hemorrhage.  GOD has demonstrated over the past fifteen years that HE will take the TIME to INSTRUCT HIS servant to be WHO and WHAT HIS PLAN requires us to be!

In the passage of Scripture above, ALL JUDAH stood before the LORD, but did the REALIZE that THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSES was WHOSE PRESENCE they were in?  I was in a COMA for seventeen days, but I didn’t SEE WHO was keeping me alive for maybe even a few years?  ALL JUDAH was faced with a BATTLE that was more than they were able to win!  But GOD told them “”TOMORROW” go out against them, and the LORD WILL BE WITH YOU”!!

ALL JUDAH had to WAIT FOR THE LORD, even though the wait was just until “TOMORROW”!  For us, it could possibly be years that we have to WAIT FOR THE LORD for HIM to OPEN OUR EYES and SEE HIS PLAN?  ALL JUDAH, with their little ones, their wives, and their children were instructed to STAND FIRM, HOLD YOUR POSITION, and SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD ON YOUR BEHALF!  Although we might have to WAIT longer than “TOMORROW”, when we SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD ON OUR BEHALF it will GLORIOUS!!!