“Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
and a two-edged sword in their hand”
Psalm 149:6
(King James Version)
and a two-edged sword in their hand”
Psalm 149:6
(King James Version)
The Christian life is a combination of adoration and conflict. God is an economist. He uses the most out of every commodity possible, including our praise. Praise is what he desires from his creation and is the very purpose for which we were created (1 Peter 2:9). At the same time, He says that our praise is a weapon against our adversary, the devil. Ultimately, praise pleases God, blesses the one offering praise, but also binds and frustrates the enemy.
Primarily, our praise and adoration of God is for His pleasure. The Bible says that God is enthroned on the praises of his people (Psalm 22:3). God delights when his people give him praise for his mighty works and deeds. Praise is the response of the believer for the mighty works of God. Praise is the logical response for those who have been washed in the blood of the lamb. (Psalm 33:1).
Next, as you offer praise to God for what He has done, you receive blessings from the Lord. In response to our blessing God, Psalm 67:6 says, “Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.” Remember, God is an economist. Not only does our praise enthrone God, it also causes God to bless us, and in addition, it also causes the earth to yield fruit. Our praise causes the land to produce a harvest!
Finally, when God’s people lift up their voices and begin to magnify God with high praises and the word of God, it turns to a battle of epic proportions! The enemy is routed, bound and chained. To ‘rout the enemy’ means “a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder.” Deuteronomy 28:7 says, "The LORD will conquer your enemies when they attack you. They will attack you from one direction, but they will scatter from you in seven!”
The enemy will come to attack in your finances, health, relationships, marriage, mind, etc. He does this to get you to murmur and complain and ultimately get you to stop praising God. Don’t let him get away with touching your children, health, finances or mind! Psalms 149 says that kings and nobles (not early kings, but rulers of darkness) shall be bound with chains and fetters of iron. Rout him with HIGH praise and the word of God. Be armed with praise for all the great and marvelous things God has already done and is doing in your life. This is the honor intended for all the saints of God (Psalm 149:9).
This week, make praise a priority. Be like the psalmist and declare “Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments” (Psalm 119:164). Let the high praises of God begin!
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I thank God for His word. It is faithful and true. Just yesterday I had an attack in my finances that would try to set me back and hinder my praise. In past times I would have been very worried about what to do. But I made up my mind to go all out and give God my best praise, AND HE WORKED IT OUT!! Even better than my feeble solutions. Defeating the enemy through praise is so cool!
If you want to combat the enemy, confound him, chain him up and rout him, began to give God praise. I'm not altogether certain that this priciple is always understood because there is still struggle when situations and circumstances occur, instead of praise to God for his mighty power. My prayer is that we will always be mindful of how powerful OUR praise is, and use it to successfully defeat the adversary.
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