And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
2 Kings 3:6 opens a chapter that presents tests of faith, showing the testing and temptation of teachers of truth when apparent impossibilities obstruct the way. In that chapter faith and patience are sifted, and the same test of faith will be met again by those who trust God in His work. Going forward under such testing requires trusting not in what men can do but in what God can do for them.
Victory and help do not come from human strength or from trusting what men can do for themselves, but from trusting what God can do for and through them. All who so trust will realize His power in their work as they go forward. The Lord has ways and means for every emergency and works in unexpected ways least expected, not by human strength.
The battle against the enemy is turned not by human strength but by the strength of the mighty General of armies working for the glory of His own name. Because the Holy One has power from of old and ways that are past finding out, He must not be limited by finite plans that mark out how He will work.
2 Kings 3:6 opens a chapter that presents tests of faith, showing the testing and temptation of teachers of truth when apparent impossibilities obstruct the way. In that chapter faith and patience are sifted, and the same test of faith will be met again by those who trust God in His work. Going forward under such testing requires trusting not in what men can do but in what God can do for them.
Victory and help do not come from human strength or from trusting what men can do for themselves, but from trusting what God can do for and through them. All who so trust will realize His power in their work as they go forward. The Lord has ways and means for every emergency and works in unexpected ways least expected, not by human strength.
The battle against the enemy is turned not by human strength but by the strength of the mighty General of armies working for the glory of His own name. Because the Holy One has power from of old and ways that are past finding out, He must not be limited by finite plans that mark out how He will work.