I Asked God · Track 20 · Beyond the Song

The Battle

For the fight that isn't yours to win.

The Lyrics

I've been swinging at the dark with everything I've got
Tired arms, heavy heart, giving all I'm not
Then I heard You say, put the weapon down, My child
This fight was never yours to win, it's Mine

So I'll lift my hands instead of clenching fists
'Cause my praise is a weapon they can't resist

The battle belongs to You
I'll stand my ground and watch You move
What's coming against me has already lost
You went before me, You paid the cost
I won't be afraid, I won't retreat
The war was won at Your feet
The battle belongs to You

Let the mountains shake, let the enemy come near
Love is a fortress, perfect love casts out the fear
I'm not fighting for the victory, I'm fighting from
A place where the war is finished, the triumph already won

So I'll sing in the middle of the fiercest night
'Cause the One who fights for me has never lost a fight

The battle belongs to You
I'll stand my ground and watch You move
What's coming against me has already lost
You went before me, You paid the cost
I won't be afraid, I won't retreat
The war was won at Your feet
The battle belongs to You

Sing it louder, He is mighty
Sing it 'til the strongholds fall
What He started, He will finish
He is faithful through it all
I'll stand, I'll stand
On the ground that You have taken
I'll stand, I'll stand
Every chain already broken

The battle belongs to You
I'll stand my ground and watch You move
The grave couldn't hold You, the dark had to flee
The same power that raised You is rising in me
I won't be afraid, I won't retreat
The war was won at Your feet
The battle belongs to You

Already won, already won
I'll stand and watch what You have done

The Scripture

The verses this song is built on — sit with them slowly.

and he said, “Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, king Jehoshaphat. Yahweh says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed because of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
2 Chronicles 20:15 (WEB)

When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they go out before the army, and say, “Give thanks to Yahweh; for his loving kindness endures forever.” When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck.
2 Chronicles 20:21-22 (WEB)

Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”
Exodus 14:14 (WEB)

The Story

Jehoshaphat's choir that marched in front of the army

Read: 2 Chronicles 20:1-30 →

Three armies were coming and Judah had no chance. God's battle plan: "the battle is not yours, but God's — stand firm and see." So Jehoshaphat put the singers in FRONT of the soldiers, and as the praise went up, the enemy fell. They never drew a sword. That's what lifting your hands instead of clenching fists does.

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