Good morning, our Fire-starter comes from 1 Chronicles 5. Our
Fire-starter thought is: crying to God in the battle
Our Fire-starter verse is verse 20

NEED HELP????

The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half tribe of Manassah needed help
and they cried unto the Lord in the battle.

So many times we like to fight our battles without any help but the
truth is we need more help than we know sometimes.
These men were valiant men, trained men, they were skillful men but the
Bible states they cried to God in the battle….

I wonder how many times we rely on how are skill is or how we have been
trained in doing something that we forget the God that gave us the
ability to be trained and gave us the mind to be knowledgeable in our
skill?

See sometimes we rely on training and what we are good at to get us
through but at the same time there is a God in Heaven that gives us the
knowledge on how to do things and we must trust in him.
That is exactly what these two and a half tribes did. You may ask what
did they do? They trusted in God according to Verse twenty.

They didn’t rely on the training they had, they didn’t rely on how good
they were with the sword, but they relied on God.

How many of us are relying on a degree we got in college or relying on a
job to get us out of our mess that we are in? You may be in a battle
this morning I encourage you don’t put your trust in the things of this
life or in people because Psalm 118:8 is the very center verse of the
Bible and it states,
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
Verse 9 states,  It is better to trust in the Lord than to put
confidence in princes.

Proverbs 3:5-6 states,
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding. [6] In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct
thy paths.

I don’t think God wants us to rely on our own understanding or skill or
what we are good at but just trust him. Because the time may come when
your skill and what you trained for may not help you and you will find
yourself crying to God in the battle. These tribes probably found
themselves in a place where skill and training was doing them no good so
they cried unto the Lord.

I pray you have a day of trust in the Lord!!! Because he is
trustworthy!!!! He will never fail!

1 Chronicles 5:1-26 KJV
Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the
firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright
was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy
is not to be reckoned after the birthright. [2] For Judah prevailed
above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright
was Joseph’s:) [3] The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel
were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. [4] The sons of Joel;
Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, [5] Micah his son, Reaia
his son, Baal his son, [6] Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of
Assyria carried away captive : he was prince of the Reubenites. [7] And
his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations
was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, [8] And Bela the son
of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even
unto Nebo and Baal-meon: [9] And eastward he inhabited unto the entering
in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were
multiplied in the land of Gilead. [10] And in the days of Saul they made
war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their
tents throughout all the east land of Gilead. [11] And the children of
Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah: [12]
Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
[12] Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in
Bashan. [13] And their brethren of the house of their fathers were,
Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and
Heber, seven. [14] These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri,
the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of
Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; [15] Ahi the son of Abdiel,
the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. [16] And they
dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of
Sharon, upon their borders. [17] All these were reckoned by genealogies
in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of
Israel. [18] The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of
Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to
shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven
hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. [19] And they made war
with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. [20] And they
were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their
hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle,
and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him. [21]
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of
sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of
men an hundred thousand. [22] For there fell down many slain, because
the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
[23] And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land:
they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount
Hermon. [24] And these were the heads of the house of their fathers,
even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah,
and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of
their fathers. [25] And they transgressed against the God of their
fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land,
whom God destroyed before them. [26] And the God of Israel stirred up
the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser
king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah,
and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.