Jehoshaphat asks: "are you not . . . ?"

Let's look at this prayer in 2 Chronicles 20 from the perspective of wanting to know who God is. 

Do you remember the prayer Jesus prayed out loud in John 16 and 17?  He even admitted that when He prayed this prayer - it was not for Himself, but for those who were listening and gathered around Him.  

This is exactly what Jehoshaphat was doing.  He had been trying all along to teach his people who God was and he took this opportunity to first pray, and then in his prayer acknowledge who God was by providing a reminder of what He had done. Jehoshaphat did not just ask for intervention; he sought the very person and the presence of God.

I remember a time as a teenager where I knew I was drifting away from God.  One day, being bored, I picked up a book my dad had in his library on martyrs.  In about half an hour, I was on my knees in absolute humility and pretty much instantly renewed in my commitment to follow Christ, when I saw what these men and women had to go through because of their passion for Jesus.  Jehoshaphat was using the power of a testimony to build up the faith of his people and to re-introduce them to God.

Don't forget - your testimony is a powerful tool - don't just know your own, ask everyone for theirs and remember those who have served before you.  

But there is more...