THE LETHAL WEAPON OF WAR
Memorise: And at midnight Paul and Silas
prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly
there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were
shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s hands were
loosed. Acts 16:25-26
Read 2nd Chronicles 20:21-23,
Bible in one year: Ezekiel 10:12, Revelation 3:7-22
In today’s reading, the Bible clearly
presents worship as a lethal weapon of war. Here, three powerful nations rose
up against Israel
in battle. Knowing that they could not match their enemies in physical warfare,
King Jehoshaphat appointed singers unto the Lord, and they went before the army
to praise the beauty of God’s holiness (2nd Chronicles 20:21) when
they began to sing and praise God, suddenly, worship turned into a lethal
weapon of war, and the Lord decided ton waylay the armies of their enemies. As
you praise and worship the Lord today, your worship will work against your
detractors as a lethal weapon of war in the Name of Jesus. Another example of
worship as a lethal weapon of war took place in Joshua 6. After the Israelites
got to Jericho ,
they were confronted by its mighty wall that seemed impossible to breakthrough.
Jericho was
shut in; the only available option therefore was to mount a siege that could
last for months. However, the people shouted a great shout after the priests
blew the trumpet, and the wall of Jericho
fell down flat (Joshua 6:20). Again, in the Name that is above all other names,
I command everything that represents the wall of Jericho in your life to fall down flat before
you.
I have always maintained that if you are
faced with a challenge of any kind and you have fasted, you have prayed, and
done all that you can do without getting any appreciable result, its time to
try praise and worship. Worship has proved to be a very prise potent weapon of
warfare in many cases where everything else appeared to be ineffective.
Whenever a child of God begins to praise His holy Name and hail Him as the
Alpha and Omega, King of kings, Lord of lords, I Am that I Am, Mighty Man in battle,
Lord of hosts, Omnipotent God, Omniscient
God, Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Shalom, the Present Help in the time of
trouble, Ancient of Days, the Almighty etc, He responds immediately, because He
cannot deny Himself. Such was the experience of Paul and Silas in Acts
16:25-26. The Bible states that they prayed first and nothing seemed to happen,
but when they started singing, suddenly, there was a great earthquake. Today,
your worship will become a lethal weapon against your problems and challenges
inn the Name of Jesus.
Key Point
If you dare to take your worship to a
higher level, you will surely reap higher rewards.
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