I invite you to turn with me to Second Chronicles, Chapter 20.

First and Second Samuel, First and Second Kings, First and Second Chronicles.

Second Chronicles, Chapter 20.

There are three ways that the Lord protects his people from danger.

One way is to allow it to rise up and then to give us strength to meet it and conquer it and defeat it.

Go on in life.

And the third way is to allow danger to rise and be protected from unbelief and cowardice of fear. If you go back just three chapters with me to chapter 17 of this book and

look at verse 6 you'll see that there was a king named Jeoshifat, we're going to learn

about him in chapter 20 and he was a good king.

It says his heart was courageous in the ways of the Lord.

And then look down at verse 10 of that chapter 17. And it tells us that the Lord protected him in the first way.

The fear of the Lord fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around about Judah and they made no war against Jehovahat.

So they didn't come against him.

But now go with me to chapter 20. In chapter 20. In Chapter 20, there might be some connection between what happened in Chapter 19.

I'll leave that for you to read.

In Chapter 20, God releases his sovereign grip upon these nations slightly, and they do come

against Jehoiafah. Verse 1, after this, the Moabites and the Ammonites with them, and with them some of the

meyumites came against Johoshifat for battle.

So God has ceased to protect Jehoi fat in way number one. Now it's time for him to discover

the way the Lord works to protect in way number two. What should we do when God stops protecting us by not allowing our

enemies to rise, allows them to arise, attack.

How do we respond?

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