Recognize Your Need to Inquire: Jehoshaphat (Contemporary)

In the moments when people look to leaders most, the only thing between “alarmed” and “resolved,” between freaked out and firmed up, is the woman or man in the role. What we’re looking at here is Jehoshaphat’s reflex. Calamity reveals instinct.

And Jehoshaphat’s were good. He didn’t just go with his gut, which can be motivated by pleasing others, making a name for ourselves, avoiding unpopular responses, or whatever. He didn’t look around at what everyone else was doing. He didn’t automatically rely on past experience. Instead, Jehoshaphat inquired of the Lord. And for that he fasted.