WHO IS YOUR ALLY?

Text:1Chronicle 5:18-22

Bible Reading:
2 Chronicle 14,15 &16 :1-10

An ally is someone in helpful association with another. This is to join in agreement either Politically, Economically, Marriage , Treaty or Friendship.
Normally small countries do ally themselves with bigger once. Your ally is always there fore you in the time of trouble.

You don't have to wait until when trouble arises before knowing whom your ally is. You need to know your ally very well, you must have share the same view and understand each other very well.
In time of trouble you are rest assured that the battle will not be forth by you alone when you have a good and reliable ally.

Some times people always chose a wrong ally and this is costly. The question remain this, who is your ally?
Whenever you are in trouble, whom do you call on or who do you run to for help?
Do you seek help from man or from God?
Do you solemnly depend on your money, your intellectual, connection or your security? Do you make all these your ally in the place of God?

The Bible meant me to understand in the book of Psalm 46:1 that "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble"

When situation arises, when it seems you are alone in a situation, when you feel rejected by the people you trust so much. Whom do you turn to for help, who do you put your trust in, Man or God?

The facts remains that whom your ally determined the out come of your battle.

Man will fail us, all our defence will fail us but God will never fail.
Psalm 118:8 " It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man"
Because all His promises are Yea and Amen, He will surely bring His promises to pass in my life and in your life in Jesus name, only if we can make Him our defence and trust in Him totally.
Psalm 34:5 says " Those who look to Him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces".

Do you depend on your position?
That will not help you either in the time of trouble.

There are many well known and powerful leaders of yesterday who think there position can save them, who thought their connections will even save them in the time of trouble but when trouble arose neither of those save them, some died shamefully, some are on the run, even some are neither died or alive but thrown into prison. Those who made God their ally will never be put to shame.
Romans 10:11 "As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame."

When you want to chose an ally you need to chose someone that is more stronger than yourself, some one that can be intimidating and who is ready to defend once you call on him.
Deuteronomy 31:6 "Be strong and of good courage, do not fear or be in dread of them: for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you."

Because He is God, He controls all situation. Trusting in Him is all what we need because
i. He will not give idle promises.
ii. God will never fails you.
iii. God will never forsakes you.
iv. When times are good, God is there.
v. When times are bad, God is there.

The good news is that, He is a Covenant keeping God. Job put His trust in Him (not in his friends or his family) and God restored Job better than he was before.
Abraham put his trust in God and God never failed or forsook Abraham.
Jacob put his trust in God and God made Jacob the father of Israel.
David put his trust in God and God restored murderous David and called him a man after His own heart.

In the year ahead make God your ally, put your trust in Him and He will never forsake you.
I would like to remind us that we need an ally that will support us in time of trouble because we don't know what lies ahead in the years to come. Challenges will always come but we need someone that will us to pull through, we all need some one that will be there when it seems no one is there for us. The Bible say in
Psalm 34:17-20 "When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken."

Don't go into the year ahead just alone like that. You need to sign up a treaty with The Lord today. He will alway be there when you call on Him, He has never failed and He will not fail you. Ephesians 6:10-12

HOW DO I SIGN TREATY WITH GOD?

1. By worshipping Him: When you worship God you are simply saying He should come and dwell in you. When God dwells in you all your enemies, your troubles will disappear. Do not wait until when you ran into trouble before call on God but worship Him always in order to keep His presences. The Lord will help you defeat your enemies and make them scatter in all directions when you worship Him. All challenges and peril in the year ahead will flee before God when you worship Him.
Psalm 68:1, 2 Chronicle 20:1-9

2 . Give Him praise...give thanks. If you want to see the supernatural hands of God praise Him, thank Him for the battle He has won, the one is fighting for you presently and the one is yet to fight because when the praise go up the blessings do come down.
Psalm 67:5-7
5 [Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.] 6Then[ shall the earth yield her increase; ] and[ God, ] even[ our own God, shall bless us.] 7[God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.]

3. Learn how to wait on Him. We should learn to wait on Him at all time. God gives children who learn to wait upon Him WINGS, so they can MOUNT UP as the eagle.
Psalm 40:1-2 (KJV)
[I waited patiently for the ] Lord[; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.] 2[He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, ] and[ established my goings.]

4. Avoid every form of sin, Sin irritates God. Does God ever get angry with us? Yes, He does. When we miss the mark – that is called sin – we irritate God. He can’t stand to look at sin. He is unable to just ignore it, no matter how insignificant we may think it is. God is holy and can’t just look the other way Ephesians 6:13
1 Thessalonians 5:22, 1 Peter1:14-25

5. Stand on His word. Standing on the word of God in the midst of storms is very important because His word is our sustenance. We live by every word that comes from the mouth of God. It is the word of God that gives us the strength to face the realities and difficulties of life. Therefore we must pay careful attention to what the Lord is saying to us . Because we live by the word of God . Otherwise we would perish in the circumstances of life.
Matthew 4:4 Deutronomy 8:2-3

For you to win the battle of this life, you need an ally. Without any strong support in the time of trouble we are vulnerable and open to severe attacks, we need someone who will always be there for us when we run out of strength and God is the only one who will never fail. Make God your ally today and you will never surfer any lost.

If you haven't accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal saviour there is no way God can be your ally because you need to draw near to Him before He can be your defence.

Confess Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal saviour today and that will guaranty your treaty with God

Prayer Point:
Father please be my ally. This we pray in Jesus name. Amen

God bless

By Reuben Boboye Olisawo

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