"...'Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.'" (v. 7-9)
Whenever difficulties arise, it is so easy to attempt to resolve it ourselves. We will work on it through the sweat of our brows. We may be successful, but at what cost? We may also face down at the issue, and easily become angry or depressed over it. These are all problems either because it shifted our priorities, or we expended our energies on it to leave no strength for others, or we may in general have a wrong attitude about it. If any of these are true, then we are sinning against God.
The main problem with relying on our strength and not of the Lord is that this is a display of either (or both) hiding something or lacking faith in Him. In all circumstances, whether big or small, it should first be given to the Lord. As in a special relationship, we want the other to share everything with us, so to does our Lord. This is not to say that we should not work on the issue, especially when a simple solution is staring us in the face. It is primarily about first giving it to the Lord, and trusting Him. Sometimes those easy solutions may not be the correct action to take either. By putting our faith in Him, we will have His infinite strength. Therefore, let us rely on Him. In all circumstances, let us first give it to Him, rely on His strength, and find pure joy in it.
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