Trust in God

You see, Ezra had put himself in a place by his testimony where he had to prove that he really meant what he said. He told the king,

“Our God is the Almighty God, is the God of heaven. He protects us.”

Then he was assigned the task of leading these exiles back through this very dangerous situation. And he said,

“I could have gone to the king and asked for an escort, soldiers and horsemen. But how would that fit in with my statement that our God protects people?”

See, that often happens to us. We testify, and then we have to live up to our testimony. And so he said,

“I didn’t choose the carnal way. I didn’t choose the world’s way. I chose the spiritual way, to seek God’s protection, not from soldiers and horsemen, but by fasting and humbling ourselves before God and invoking His protection.”