Misunderstandings and false confidence

The prophet Elisha told Joram, the king of Israel,

'The Lord will also deliver the Moabites into your hands' (2 Kings 3:18).

The way this happened was that the Moabites saw the sun shining on the water,

and it looked like blood to them. So they exclaimed, 'This is blood! The kings

(the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom) must have fought and killed each other!

Now, to the plunder, Moab!' But when they reached the camp of Israel,

the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and the Moabites fled.

The Israelites pursued them into Moab and continued

to strike them down as they went (vv. 22-24).

When I meditate on this passage, what I find interesting is

that although the sun was merely shining on the water,

it appeared as blood to the Moabites, leading to their misunderstanding.

Because of this misunderstanding, the Moabites had a false confidence

and went to the camp of Israel, Judah, and Edom.

God's way of working is fascinating.

Even now, I believe that God works in interesting ways

to give us victory in spiritual battles.