OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-TUESDAY-09/02/2016-VICTORY
THROUGH PRAISE -BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
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,
21 And 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.
22 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.
23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up
against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and
when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to
destroy another.
24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in
the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead
bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
KJV
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.
Bible in one year
Mark 7:1-9:13, Job 18:20-19:12
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