Worship as a Weapon (Part 1)
Let the saints be joyful in glory; Let
them sing aloud on their beds.
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand,
To execute vengeance on the nations, And punishments on the peoples;
To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;
To execute on them the written judgment—This honor have all His saints.
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand,
To execute vengeance on the nations, And punishments on the peoples;
To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;
To execute on them the written judgment—This honor have all His saints.
Praise the Lord! Psalm 149:5-9
The above
scripture is going to be one of the foundational texts as we begin to study
this. Here is the thought, Worship is a position we take and an expression
based on a response to the word of God and the presence of God. This can raise
up or tear down, encourage or discombobulate, and build or destroy. Worship is
a weapon! Here is another thought, Worship as our expression to the Lord can
have a devastating effect on the kingdom of darkness and it can cause the glory
of God to manifest and be revealed in a situation, in an atmosphere and in a
person’s life. Worship is a weapon! One question, do you mean
that the environment of worship can cause change in our physical bodies and
bring deliverance in some life and death situations? Yes, Worship is a weapon! Scriptures
says Let the High praise of God be in our mouth and a two edge sword in our
hand …..This honor have all His saints (Psalm 149-5-9)
The unique thing about the Gospel of Jesus Christ is
its simplicity. Jesus Did the Hard and Tough Work and He gave it to us freely
and by grace we have it and it takes faith to appropriate it. Because of this,
sometimes we may feel like it’s just too simple and we need to do some more
heavy lifting. But Jesus did all the heavy lifting and all we have to do is
believe by faith and receive it and then we can come into the manifestation of
Gods promises to us. An example I will start off with here is the encounter
with the children of Israel and the walls of Jericho. The Heavy lifting was this,
God already put things in place to have that city leveled to the Ground but He
was not going to need a spear, a sling or any form of weapon of war. All he needed
was the obedience of faith to the instruction God gave through Joshua. “Obedience
to instructions” is the key. As long as they adhered to that instruction and
not begin to wonder “how in the world do you win a battle with a shout?” They
would see the salvation of the lord. It had never been done before, but God is
in the business of doing new things if we will dare to believe what He says. When
He says Give thanks in every situation, guess what, we give thanks in every
situation. That obedience is the access for the supernatural to infiltrate our
natural.
Stay with me on the next part of this series. There
is more to explore. But until then, begin to take your worship life to another
level. We are the circumcision who worships God in the Spirit, rejoice in
Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh (Philippians 3:3)
God Bless You
Pastor Osene Ighodaro
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