VICTORY THROUGH PRAISE – Tuesday
February 9th 2016
VICTORY
THROUGH PRAISE
Memorise: 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. 2nd Chronicles 20:22
Read: 2nd Chronicles
20:21-24, 41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink;
for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
42 So
Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and
he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43 And
said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and
looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
44 And
it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a
little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto
Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.
45 And
it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and
wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
Bible in one
year: Mark 7:1-9:13, Job 18:20-19:12
MESSAGE!!!
Victory is
generally presented in the Bible as an act of God. From Genesis to Revelation,
God is always presented as the source of all victory, which He grants to those
who obey His commands and put their trust and confidence in Him. Wherever you
turn to in the Scripture, this principle holds true.
“And
having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly,
triumphing over them in it.”
Colossians
2:15
In
essence, God has destroyed the value and quality of our enemies and has also
put their failure, disgrace and shame in open display for all to see. Victory
is always presented in the Bible as achieved by God without human intervention.
This reality makes it absolutely necessary to praise God whenever we are
confronted by the enemy, knowing that victory is assured in Jesus’ name.
The Bible
also presents praise as a spiritual language that can reach beyond the
intellect to touch the heart of God. Whenever God wants to do something really
supernatural, He calls for an army of musical warriors, to bombard the
stronghold of the enemy. Such was the case in the time of Jehoshaphat King of
Judah who deployed divine warriors, and army of worshippers, to march into
battle with musical instrument in their hands and songs of praises in their
mouths. As they praised and worshiped God, He rose on their behalf and
completely destroyed all their enemies. 2 Chronicles 20:22 says:
“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.”
What I
know for sure is that if you praise God, His enemies cannot stand by.
Some 30
years ago, we went to Otukpo town in the Middle Belt Region of Nigeria for a
programme, with some students. I planned to talk on divine healing. Then, we
began to praise God so intensely that the glory of God descended and I forgot
every other scripture I had planned for the sermon except Luke 1:37. Suddenly,
there were clusters of students kneeling and praying in tongues though they had
never heard of the Holy Ghost baptism before. Others joined them praying in
tongues and at the end of the day I could not preach. Go ahead now, praise God
until you bring down His glory today?
Key Point:
As you worship
God today, He will arise and scatter all your enemies in the mighty name of
Jesus.
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