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2 Chronicles chapter 25 verses 8 and 9. But go, act, be strong for the battle.

Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy?

For God has power to help or to cast down.

And Amaziah said to the man of God, but what should we do about the hundred talents that I've

given to the army of Israel? The man of God answered, the Lord is able to give you much more than this.

There's so much in this story and really in the story of Amaziah's life and leadership

earlier in 2 Chronicles chapter 25, we read that he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord

yet not with a whole heart. And so we see this picture in Amaziah of a temptation to go partway,

to do some of what God is saying to do, but not all of what God is saying to do or not with a

whole heart. Later on in this chapter, verse 15, the Lord is to angry with Amaziah because he's

seeking other gods, foreign gods, instead of God alone. And here in this passage that I read in

verses 8 and 9, he's asking questions like, can God really provide for us as we go into battle?

And the man of God here is saying, oh, act be strong for the battle, trust in God. And I love

the language here when Amaziah says, what do we do about the hundred talents that I've given

in the army of Israel? And the man of God says, the Lord is able to give you much more than this.

So in this picture of Amaziah, I just want to encourage you not to go with God part of the way

or most of the way or to trust in God some while you let questions linger about how much he really

can provide for you to look up and see there is only one God who is worthy of all our worship today,

all your worship today, your whole heart. And you can trust him with your whole heart. You can

trust him with everything without hesitation or reservation. You can trust he's able to give you

much more than you even know to ask for. And so we pray, God, help us to not be like Amaziah in

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