251. More with us
2 Chronicles 32:7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him.
This encouraging promise was given to Hezekiah, and he passed on his faith to the people of Jerusalem. The promise of “more with us” is also given to us for our encouragement. We are encouraged by the Spirit within us to be strong and courageous and not to be afraid or dismayed. At times we may feel overwhelmed by the Enemy within us and around us and by the horde of bad things that are coming against us from time to time. We may strengthen ourselves in the Lord and His promises. Our God has a word of comfort and hope.
Our problem is that we don’t see the whole picture; we can only see the physical, earthly, and worldly; we can’t see the spiritual world. That is why God has given us the inspired Word of God: to reveal to the eyes of the heart what is really going on. Faith in the gospel given by the Spirit sees. So we walk by faith, not by sight. “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” “Faith is the conviction of things not seen.”
Elisha asked the Lord to open the eyes of the servant with him; then he saw an extremely vast army of angels on the mountain fighting for us [2 Kings 6:15-17]. So we open the Bible to behold wondrous things out of God’s Word to us. The Book of Revelation tells us that Satan dragged away one-third of the angels to rebel with him. That leaves two-thirds of an innumerable army fighting on our side in our regular daily spiritual battles. And we have the Word: one word from Jesus wipes our enemies.
The outcome of the Hezekiah incident is that an angel of the Lord slew 185,000 of the Assyrian forces in one night. Always remember: there are more with us than with them.