When We Least Deserve It

1 Kings 20:27-28 KJV

And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

I find it amazing that during what it was in the rebellious land of Israel and during the  reign of one of their most ungodly kings God gave men such as Elijah and Elisha and that God wrought some of the greatest victories for His people. There will be times that the battle will be between Israel and Judah and God will do marvelously for Judah but some of the greatest illustrations of victory are in favor of Israel against Syria.

God's grace toward his people is so clearly seen in this. We tend to think God can only bless us (or that God is only blessing us) when our government is godly. I am not suggesting that it is all right for them to be ungodly, but God can and often does provide us with His best preachers and most needed victories under those circumstances when we deserve it the least.

Christians need not hang their heads today. This is the time when we who believe the Lord need to be the most focused and anxious for the blessing of the Lord. If our government won't point our nation toward righteousness then surely we who claim Christ should do it.