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Victory In Our Praise Praise is lifting God up. You are telling Him that you love Him for Who He is to you.
There are many times in our lives when we don't feel like praising God,
but let me tell you, from my own experience, this is most often when the victory
is being won. I have often been in
severe pain, not feeling like praising God, but I would lift my hands to God and
give Him the praise that He deserves. I
would praise Him for being Jehovah Rapha, the Lord that heals, and as I would,
the pain would leave. The Scripture
says that God inhabits the praises of His people (Psalm 22:3).
When the presence of God comes in, the enemy has to flee!
There are several Biblical examples of how the power of praise has won
battles. The first person that is
seen putting this into practice is Moses when the children of Israel were
fighting against the Amalekites. While
he had his hands lifted up to God, the Israelites prevailed in the battle.
But when he let down his hands, the Amalekites prevailed (Exodus 17:11).
His servants, Aaron and Hur held up his hand and the children of Israel
won the war with the Amalekites (vs.12-14).
There Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi, the
Lord is my banner (v 15). By doing
this, he was declaring who the God that he served was.
He was praising God for Who he is.
Joshua, Moses' successor, is also seen putting into practice the power of
praise. We have often heard the
story of Joshua and the battle of Jericho.
But have we taken a good look at the way the battle was won?
They marched around the city one time each day for six days, in silence.
Then on the seventh day, they marched seven times and the last time
around the priest blew the trumpets and Joshua told the people, Shout; for the
Lord hath given you the city (Joshua 6:16).
They were shouting praises to the Lord God of Heaven.
Another example is in 2 Chronicles chapter twenty, we see that King
Jehosaphat was ready to go into battle with the enemies of Judah. A prophet of God comes to Jehosaphat and tells him that there
is not need for the children of Israel to fight the battle, but stand still and
see the salvation of the Lord (v 17). When
he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that
should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to
say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth forever, And when they began to
sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon,
Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten (vs.
21-22). Did you notice that?
The Lord set ambushment against them.
The Lord fought the battle for them, through the power of their praises.
- AJO - 1997 |
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