How do you defeat a million temptations in your life? 2 Chronicles 11-16

2 Chronicles 14:9-12
Now Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and he came to Mareshah. So Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up in battle formation in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in You, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.” So the Lord routed the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled.

King Asa, the great-grandson of Solomon, is a picture for us of the Christian walk.   God had given him rest from his enemies and had given him the ability to build cities and restore order and strength to Judah.  This is similar to us in our Christian walk as God gives us blessings and we begin to build a life of honor to Him.  However, the world, the flesh and the Devil, all want to see us defeated.  the Ethiopians, like temptation to us, comes up against Asa and surround.  Notice it says Zerah the Ethiopian can "an army of a million men."   That is a lot of men.    This is not a good scene.  Think about being surrounded by a temptation you fall to constantly.   Your strength as compared to the desire of the flesh is like being surrounded by a million men.   Asa, however, gives us the perfect example of what you do.   You don't simply go arm yourself with weapons of the flesh.  He didn't immediately secure his bronze shields and muster his mighty men.   Asa first falls on his face and recognizes that his weapons, men and strength would not be enough to fight this battle.   Only in the power of Christ can we defeat sin in our lives.   God will work in us and use our skills to fight the war, but He is USING us, not US using our skills.   God will empower and use us to defeat Sin in our lives.  If we humble ourselves as above, He will fight the battle for us.   The first step in the victory of the "Multitudes" that come against us and want to defeat us (our many temptations) is to humbly admit you can't fight them yourself and submit to the power of Christ that works in us.