When you don't know what to do

“O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.” 2 Chronicles 20:12
There are times when life is overwhelming and we can’t see how we are going to get through. It might be financial difficulties, health problems, or family break-ups. Today’s verse ends the prayer of Jehoshaphat when the Moabites and Ammonites were coming to wage war on him and the people of Judah. Their army was vastly larger in number than Jehoshaphat’s; in the natural, defeat was inevitable.
Jehoshaphat was alarmed, but he still had one option left to pursue: he waited on the Lord. His prayer is one of surrender to God, acknowledging that although the problem was too big for him, he knew that God as greater than it. God had promised to deliver His people, and Jehoshaphat was now calling on that promise.
Sometimes we, like Jehoshaphat, are facing something where we don’t know what to do. In those times, we can pray and tell God exactly this: that we don’t know what to do, but we do know that God holds the present and future in His hands. He is in control, and He has promised to protect and deliver you. Keep your eyes on Him! God brought about a supernatural victory for Jehoshaphat, and He will do the same for you, if you will just stay close to Him and trust Him.