Vol 83 Issue 10

Rev. VanOverloop is pastor of Byron Center Protestant Reformed Church in Byron Center, Michigan. “And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.” II Chronicles 20:3 The sheep of the Good Shepherd face many frightening experiences in the course of their earthly pilgrimage. After all, the path of the sheep leads through the valley of the shadow of death. Many and varied are the occasions in which the sheep are afraid. Jehoshaphat feared! With good reason! A great army of Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites had joined forces and marched secretly against Jerusalem....