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      Chapter One

      The Prayer of Jehoshaphat

      Every battle in this life is winnable! You can come out of every life challenge victorious if you understand and follow the divine principles we are about to discuss here. Life is war and like in all wars, you will expect many battles. In this life there will be battles, troubles, challenges, trials, and temptations. They come in deferent shapes and times; some expected and others unexpected. Some of them will come from expected quarters and others from unimaginable sources. Some of these battles will be spiritual, some economical and others physical. As long as you’re alive they must come. Jesus was indeed right when He said that in this world you will have oppositions, troubles and tribulations. And Job also agreed with Him by saying that life is full of trouble. True!

      Yes, all the above are correct, but God also gave us the principles to guide us into victory and fortunately, you find them in the encounter between Judah and the three nations that came against them. The Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites suddenly declared war against Jehoshaphat and his people, and before the king knew what was happening, this vast army had already started marching closely to Judah. The challenge was real, sudden, huge and imminent. In this desperation, Jehoshaphat summoned the people, declared a fast and went to the house of God to seek His face:

      “After this, the armies of the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites declared war on Jehoshaphat. Messengers came and told Jehoshaphat,  ‘A vast army from Edom is marching against you from beyond the Dead Sea. They are already at Hazazon-tamar’. (This was another name for En-gedi.) Jehoshaphat was alarmed by this news and sought the LORD for guidance. He also gave orders that everyone throughout Judah should observe a fast. So people from all the towns of Judah came to Jerusalem to seek the LORD.”

      2 Chronicles 20:1-4

      Your victory at the time of trial is determined by your relationship with God before the challenge and your attitude during the period. Jehoshaphat had always maintained a good relationship with God and now that he had a great challenge in his hands, naturally, his first reaction was also to seek the face of that his God for intervention. What is your relationship with God? Where do you go first at the time of trial? In other words, where are your heart and your trust? Jehoshaphat’s were in the God of Israel and that was why, without thinking about it, he ran to Him immediately for help. Personally, I have learnt to always run to God to seek His help any time I have challenges. And I always come out victorious.

      As I write, I remember some years ago when as a young man I was working with a publishing company. I was barely 20 years old and had just given my life to Christ. My boss in the office kept on threatening to sack me from the job.

      So one day he sent me a note that the next day was going be my last day on the job. I really didn’t know what to do anymore because he had told everybody his decision. Even my dad who had told me he once helped the man got the message.

      On that faithful day, as I knelt down to pray, I opened my bible, spread the letter of summon, and placed my hands on a portion of the scriptures that demonstrated how God miraculously delivered the people of Israel from an imminent threat of defeat and destruction from a heathen king; who had boasted that even the God of Israel would not be able to deliver them from his hand.

      After the prayer, I left to the office. Now, I didn’t know what will happen, all I did was just to ask God to intervene and save me from that man’s threat. But I was in for the shock of my life. As I approached the entrance of the company, the security men asked me if I heard what happened that morning and I said no. Then, they broke the news that my boss was dead. My God! I asked them what happened to him because he personally summoned me to report to his office that morning. And they told me he came to work the previous night and after finishing his assignment through the night, went home to dress up and did not come back. He died that morning in his house!

      My dear, I have not seen that kind of thing before. I quietly went away with that shock. When I met my daddy on the way and broke the news to him, he also couldn’t believe it. I went back to my station and continued my work. God is ever ready to intervene in our situations, but we must also learn to remain, trust and take our matters to Him. No matter how desperate it might look, God can still do something about it. And please note, I did not pray that he should die, but God also refused that his plans against me would be carried out. Imagine what would have happened to my young faith and career if the man had succeeded in carrying out his threat.

      Now I understand why the

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