What comes to your mind when you hear or read the word success?
Is success simply a favorable or desired outcome to you?
Or is it tied more to attaining wealth, favor, or eminence?
I found these definitions of the word success on Merriam-Webster.com.
How might these definitions change when we add the qualifier found in the title above, “A Believer”?
In 2 Chronicles 20:1-19, we learn that King Jehoshaphat learned three people groups were advancing to attack Jerusalem. His immediate response to this threat was to call the tribe of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to fast and pray to the Lord.
The Lord responded through a prophecy by Jahaziel with encouragement and assurance that He would handle the threat.
Yet they were still told to show up for the battle the next day.
We join the narrative at this point.
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