Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people. 1 Chro 19:13
This is a great speech by Joab before the battle. He says:
i. Be of good courage, and let us be strong: Courage and strength are not matters of feeling and circumstance. They are matters of choice, especially when God makes His strength available to us. We can be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might (Ephesians 6:10).
ii. Let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God: Joab called them to remember all they had to lose. If they lost this battle they would lose both their people and their cities. This was a battle bigger than themselves, and the army of the mighty men had to remember that.
How do we fight our battles?
Joab’s earthly King David witnessed to the Philistine Goliath that the battle is the Lord’s. I Sam 16.
Let us pray and seek for word of wisdom & knowledge (1 Cor 12:8) to draw out the sheep (lost) from the mouth of the lion & bear (like David). The battle is the Lord’s.