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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
1 Kings 20:13-30
Ben-hadad has not taken the LORD into account. While he is drinking with the thirty-two kings supporting him, the divine plan goes into action.
We may wonder why the LORD comes to the aid of the wicked Ahab, when that man never even calls on Him. But is it not simply the still, small voice of grace, which God was again trying? In delivering Ahab and his people, He proposes to show them that He is still the God of Israel, though they do not seek Him. To the Syrians, He would demonstrate that He is neither the God of the hills nor of the valleys, but "the Lord of heaven and earth" (Acts 17:24). Notice again two important details in v. 27: before going into battle the children of Israel are "victualled" (marginal reading). Do not imagine that we can confront our enemies without first having obtained our daily food in the pages of the Word. Then the small army of Israel must come to the realisation of being powerless, pitiful in their enemies’ eyes, "like two little flocks of kids" in the face of the multitude which fills the country. God will always act in such a way that His deliverance may be attributed to Him, and may glorify Him. His power will be geared to our weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9).
