20And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they cried out to God in the battle. He heeded their prayer, because they put their trust in Him.
18The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, to shoot with the bow, and skillful in war, and they went to war. When the battle began, they cried out to God for His help and God heeded their prayer, because they put their trust in Him.
God gave the two and a half tribes victory over their enemies and that victory allowed them to live in peace for a number of generations. Not only did the children of Israel win the battle and secure their homestead, 21 they took away their livestock—fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred and fifty thousand of their sheep, and two thousand of their donkeys—also one hundred thousand of their men, who became servants to the Israelites.
God not only gave them victory over their enemy, He blessed them in the same action! God heard their prayer and he heeded their prayer because they put their trust in Him.
There is no excuse for a child of God not to place his trust in Him! None. When we go to make a decision, all we have to do is think, “Has God been faithful to me?” “Has God ever let me down?” “Has God blessed me even when I did not deserve His blessing?” “Has God shown me that He loves me and that He cares about me?”
If the answers to those questions are yes, and if you are a child of His they are, whether you realize it or not; then it would only seem reasonable that God will continue to provide for and protect you in the future!
God heard this groups prayer and He heeded their cry because they put their trust in Him. He will do the same for you and me today if we will just put our faith and our trust in Him as well.
A Pastor's thoughts about the Scripture and it's influence in our lives.
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