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Praise is a weapon
by Chris Cummings on Friday, Nov 30th, 2007 at 11:02 am
Habakkuk 3:17-18 (NIV)17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,

18 YET I WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.

Does it seem like life comes at you with one foot on the gas pedal, one hand on the gear shifter and an evil grin on its face?  Does it seem like life is ready to run you down in the street and then turn around and come back and do it again, before you get a chance to get up? I feel like that sometimes. Life can easily rob you of joy and strength in a thousand different ways, if you let it.

Recently, Pastor Larry taught about different kinds of worship.  God brought to mind that we have a vast array of weaponry at our disposal.  We have an entire arsenal of praise that not only shows our love of God, it completely defeats our enemy!  To worship God despite my circumstance, to honor Him even when my world seems to be crashing down, that is my strength.  That is my weapon against the enemy that he has no defense over.  God desires my worship because he knows if I have nothing else, I have that.

The enemy has no defense against worship...but he does have a plan.  A weapon is of no use if you can be convinced not to use it. And that's what the enemy tries to do.  He tells us lies.  He amplifies our perceptions and makes are small problems seem insurmountable.

It looks the person who wrote in Habakkuk had some problems to face, doesn't it?  No food, no crops, no cattle...basically everything he needed to survive was gone.  That's a pretty harsh situation.  I'm sure the enemy was whispering to him "It's all gone.  Your God has failed.  Find a new God to serve...or better yet...serve yourself."

But this person had a choice to make.  I have a choice to make.  You have a choice to make.  Do you load your weapon of praise or do you stand by do nothing.  God has given you the ability to praise.  The devil knows he cannot stand against something so wonderful as praise.  Do you make the choice to use it?  Some guy once wrote a song that said "if we fight we win".  The choice is yours.  Victory is certain.  Load your weapon.  Fire away!

2 Corinthians 10:4 (NLT)

We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.

Chris

 

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