2 Chronicles 14:11 "And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee."
Here we see a king with a proper perspective and understanding of Who God is. Asa realizes that with God all things are possible because He is all powerful. I don't think we comprehend the magnitude of God's omnipotence. Asa did though. And that allowed him and all of Judah to rest on God.
Another thing to note here is that because Asa made it known Judah was resting on God, and that it was in the name of the Lord that they were fighting to protect their land, by defending Judah, God was by extension defending His own name. Asa's argument here is that God shouldn't allow the Ethiopians to prevail "against Thee." That is powerful. When we align ourselves wholly with God, through our words, thoughts, and deeds, His defense of us is a defense of His Own name, something we know from the Bible that He takes very seriously.
Again, am I resting on God today? Is my life so aligned with Him that His name is defended when I am defended? Is it actually aligned? Or do people just perceive it to be? God knows the difference.
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