2 Chronicles 20:6
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
When a great multitude from Moab and Ammon came against him to battle, Jehoshaphat feared and set himself to seek the Lord, proclaiming a fast and uniting Judah in prayer for help. He then stood with the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the Lord before the new court to speak this prayer.
The prayer addresses the Lord God of the fathers as God in heaven, ruling over every kingdom and over all the kingdoms of the heathen. In His hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand Him. Jehoshaphat begins his temple prayer by appealing to that sovereignty and might while acknowledging that Judah cannot withstand the enemy on its own. He trusts God to deliver them and asks that His name be glorified. He recalls Him as the God who drove out the inhabitants and gave the land to the seed of Abraham, showing Him supreme, irresistible, and faithful to His people.
His sovereign rule reveals merciful ways in contrast to human beings dominating their fellow workers. For His rule is tender-hearted, equitable and impartial, valuing character alone and making no one greater for position. God is the strength of His people today and their strong tower of defense. In every emergency they are not to trust in princes or set fallible, erring human beings in the place of God. They are not to look at supposed impossibilities, but to look to Him who has all power. The battle is His, His resources are limitless, and apparent impossibilities will make the victory all the greater.
Because ruling power belongs to God alone, His workers must be tender-hearted like Him and deal as Christ would deal, weighted with the Holy Spirit. They must not exercise dominion over their brethren or make their own will the ruling power. They must not be grasping, oppressive, or partial.