‘For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor from the south. But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another.’ Psalm 75:6-7
“When Joshua was near the town of Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with sword in hand. Joshua went up to him and demanded, “Are you friend or foe?” “Neither one,” he replied. “I am the commander of the Lord’s army…” Joshua 5:13-14
“Each year Elkanah would travel to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies at the Tabernacle…” 1 Samuel 1:3
“Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands.” I Samuel 17:47
The names of God reveal different aspects of His nature to us and this series the name we are focusing on is Jehovah Sabaoth, the Lord of Heaven’s armies. This name tells us two things about God. One is that He is not stranger to war. Being made in His image and likeness means that we also have a warrior nature inbuilt within us, so battles shouldn’t scare us.
Two is that He has an entire heavenly army at His disposal which is always in operation on our behalf, even though we don’t see them with our natural eyes. Our understanding of how to deploy them or not will be seen in the results of of our lives.
This series as we dig deeper into exploring some of the Lord’s battles, our prayer is that the Holy Spirit will open our eyes to see the resources available to us and give us understanding of how to navigate the natural knowing we are backed by Jehovah Sabaoth. Click Here to download the study.