2 Chronicles 13
God’s Got Your Six!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, October 19.
Have you ever noticed that the “full armor of God,” taught by Paul in Ephesians 6:10-18, provides no protection for your backside? If that’s the case, then whose got your six?
The idiom “I’ve got your six!” was first used in World War I by fighter pilots who were telling their wingman that they would watch behind the airplane for an enemy attack. Like on a clock, twelve o’clock is directly in front of you, three is to your right, nine is to your left, and six is directly behind you.
Whose covering your six?
King Abijah, the new king of Judah, was outnumbered by Jeroboam’s army 2:1 (vs 3). The odds were against him, and he knew it, so Abijah gave a long compelling speech in verses 4-12, attempting to avoid a fight by convincing Jeroboam and Israel to repent of their rebellion and apostasy. Jeroboam, like the bad guy in a movie, didn’t interrupt Abijah’s monologue because he was setting a trap. In 2 Chronicles 13:13-16, Abijah learned that God had his six:
But Jeroboam had set an ambush to come from the rear, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the ambush was behind them. When Judah turned around, behold, they were attacked both front and rear; so they cried to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets. Then the men of Judah raised a war cry, and when the men of Judah raised the war cry, then it was that God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. When the sons of Israel fled before Judah, God gave them into their hand.
Judah should have been destroyed that day! But God… God had their six, and He’s got yours too!
God bless you!
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