Battle plans and sailence.

Reading: Isaiah 36-37 and John 18

Scripture: Isaiah 36:21, But they were silent and answered him not a word, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”

Thoughts: In a world of witty retorts, quick words, and twitter wars, we are not good at being quiet. Be it going to a quiet place and spending time with God in the Word and prayer, or if is it like these men who were told to not answer. Every battel we are in will take different tactic, there are battle where we are to rush in guns blazing and battels where we are to hunker down in our foxhole and let them run out of ammo. We need the discernment to know what sort of battle we are going into and what commands are coming down from above. There are times where we are told to run in like when I was told to pray for my aunts cancer, and times to sit in our foxhole like in some work situations where we can show our faith by little actions and being quiet about situation that may be slandering people. We need to listen to the orders and plan that we are being given from above. 

Prayer: Lord God, your plans are better than our plans your strategies and better than ours and are so much more effective. You give us the strength to stand firm or to race in, you give us the ammo needed and the armor to withstand the attacks. I ask that you help me to see the plan for each day, help me to walk out the orders that you lay before me. May our battles be your victories.