Faith Positions

UV 3231/10000 Faith Positions
You need not fight in this battle; take your positions, stand and witness the salvation of the Lord who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.

2 Chronicles 20 v 17

The battle belongs truly to the Lord. We only need to take our faith positions: like soldiers take their position in trenches and behind ramparts and buttresses, we need to take our position on the basis of the promises of the Lord. From these battle trenches, with our knees on the floor or our whole bodies prostrate, we only need to offer up praise as a member of Judah, the House of Praise to receive victory, vindication, success, deliverance as a member of Jerusalem, the House of Peace. Praise ahead of the actual act of deliverance is a sign that we believe the Lord can do the impossible. As we praise God, we are established or strengthened in our faith positions so that we neither fear nor are we likely succumb to the spirit of disappointment. The victory is first won in our spirits, minds and hearts. We receive a specific word from the Lord to encourage us even as the King of Judah received a prophetic word of guidance and encouragement from the Lord through a Levite, Jahaziel.


The King Jehoshaphat called a fast through all his kingdom when he faced the heavy odds of battle with a formidable array of enemies- the armies of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir. He was taking a faith position in ordering a nation- wide fast. After receiving the word from the Lord, he and his people bowed and fell to the ground- again , a faith position indicating complete worship and surrender to the will and word of the Lord. The next day, they obeyed the prophetic word and proceeded to the valley of Beracah. There, they praised and worshipped the Lord. They gave thanks for His mercy and lovingkindness. They were again taking a faith position. The Lord then set ambushes against their enemies. He caused them to fight each other to death. Jehoshaphat and his army needed three days to collect the spoils of war.

The Lord is with us as Emmanuel. He is the source of our salvation and deliverance. We should not give room to doubt, fear, disappointment by filling our hearts and minds with praise, prayer and the word of God. Praise and worship ushers in the presence of God in the midst of our struggles and battles and releases unlimited power and grace, power to defeat our spiritual enemies and grace to strengthen us. In our “valley” moments and experiences, when we are so vulnerable, when the odds against us are so heavy and formidable, we seem helpless. At such times, we should take our faith positions and know the Lord fights our battles and that greater is He that is with us than they that are with them. When we do so, we are positioning ourselves for salvation, for victory, success, deliverance.