Judges 20:22 says, And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.  The men of Israel gathered together again after their defeat.  We should not allow a defeat to keep us from continuing to fight when we have asked God's direction as to what we should do.  Verse twenty-three states, (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)  The people of Israel went before the LORD weeping.  Then, they asked the LORD once again if they should go to battle against the people of Benjamin.  Once again, God said yes.  When we have asked God if we should do something, then we should obey Him, even we we have done so before and have met with failure.  This is also true even if we aren't guaranteed success this time.  Verse twenty-four adds, And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.  The people of Israel did as God directed them to do, just as the we must today.  Verse twenty-five declares, And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.  For the second day, the people of Benjamin were successful, this time killing eighteen thousand men of Israel who drew swords, or were fighters.  The people of Benjamin had to be encouraged, and the people of Israel disheartened.  When the world seems to be winning today even when we are doing what we know that God has instructed us to do, we cannot lose faith.  God is still in charge even when it looks like everything has failed.  Verse twenty-six states, Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.  The people of Israel returned to the house of God and wept and worshipped Him.  They did not question God nor blame Him, and neither should we if we fail in the eyes of the world while doing God's work.  Verse twenty-seven adds,  The children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,  Verse twenty-eight continues, And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.  All the things that represented God were there, as well as the grandson of Aaron, and he asked God if they should again go against the people of Benjamin, their brothers, or fellow Israelites.  This time, God said yes and also promised them the victory.  We as Christians have God's assurance of everlasting victory over evil, even if we suffer defeat more than once in our lifetime here on earth.  Verse twenty-nine states, And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. Verse thirty adds, And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. The people of Israel basically laid a trap for the people of Benjamin, then went against them as they had before.  We may need to change our tactics to be successful in our battle against the forces of evil in the world today.  Verse thirty-one declares, And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.  The men of Benjamin went out as they had before, and were seemingly being successful.  If a particular tactic works against God's people today, the people of the world will likely continue to use it.  Still, if we are following God's leadership, He will help us find a way to defeat them.  Verse thirty-two concludes, And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.  The men of Benjamin once again thought they were winning.