No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel

can avail against the Lord.
The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but the victory belongs to the Lord 

Proverbs 21:30-31

Like the last post I wrote, the exaltation of God's sovereign willing and acting in this verse jumped out at me. Whatever we do to pose and prepare, God has his own plan, which will always come to fruition. Human wisdom is infinitesimally puny and futile next to his. As he drove away the Syrians (2 Kings 7:6) and smote the army of Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:35), victories in our lives are his, not ours. Thank God that he is fighting for us, and we are not fighting for ourselves.