Five Steps To Miracles

“O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.” 2 Chronicles 20:12

King Jehoshaphat was facing the greatest threat to his reign. His enemies—the Moabites, the Ammonites and the Syrians—had come to crush his kingdom. He came to a place where he just didn’t know what else to do in the natural. So by faith, he turned to God for His supernatural intervention. Jehoshaphat took five steps that turned an imminent defeat into an opulent victory. We need to do the same whenever we are faced with a crisis.

Step #1: Set your heart to seek the Lord (2 Chr. 20:3-4). Jehoshaphat and all the people of Judah set their hearts to seek after God. As he prayed, Jehoshaphat did three things: (a) He reminded himself who God is (20:6). (b) He also reminded himself what God has done (20:7). (c) He then asked God to do it again (20:12). If you learn to pray this way, you can have faith for any miracle!

Step #2: Focus on the promise, not the problem. Jehoshaphat said, “God, our eyes are upon You” (20:12). No matter what you are hit with in life, learn to focus on the promises in God’s Word, never the problem. Confess the promises of God’s Word to yourself: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!” “Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world!” “No weapon formed against me shall prosper!”

Step #3: Stand before the Lord. Ephesians 6:13 says, “And having done all, to stand.” When you have done every thing you can, just trust the Lord.

Step #4: Wait for the Holy Spirit (2 Chr. 20:14). The Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel and he prophesied aloud: “Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s … You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the LORD, who is with you” (20:15, 17).

Step #5: Begin to praise God in advance (20:22). When the enemies came against Jehoshaphat and his kingdom, the people of Judah unleashed the weapons of their warfare—they started to boldly praise God. Praise is the language of faith. And that day, angels were dispatched to destroy all the enemies that came against Jehoshaphat. Instead of destruction, God brought Jehoshaphat to the Valley of Berachah (blessing) and it took Judah three full days to gather up all the spoils of war.