Because they relied on the Lord

Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time; and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the LORD God of their fathers. – 2 Chronicles 13v18

When Judah eventually went to war with Israel, led by Judah they knew they went to battle with the Lord as their head.

They won the battle. Jeroboam and his forces were defeated. The children of Judah prevailed – because they relied on the Lord.

There were a lot of things they could have relied on. It could have been Abijah’s leadership. It could have been their military might. It could have been military strategy. But they only won because they relied on the Lord.

Like Judah we face many obstacles in our effort to serve the Lord. The world is not going to get it and it is certainly not going to support us. As we go to ‘battle’ we too have things we can be tempted to rely on. We can look to our own abilities. We can look to all the modern methods. We can look to our own resources.

The sad truth is that if we rely on any of those things we are doomed to fail. Our success and our victory only comes when we learn the lesson that only our reliance on the Lord can give us victory.

When we are ever going to prevail, it is only as we rely on the Lord.