Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Primacy of Praise

UV 323/10,000 Amazing principles of the Uni-verse revealed verse by verse 2Chronicles 20 v 22 2Ch 20:22 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 We prime a weapon to get it ready to use. We cock a pistol before using it to fire a bullet. We prime a grenade by removing the pin. Similarly, when we sing and praise and worship the Lord, His weapons are primed. This underlines the prime importance of praise and worship in ensuring and enabling a victorious life. Among all the qualities or characteristics of God that we appreciate, adore and praise, the most pleasing to Him is the praise of the beauty of His holiness. King Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground to worship the Lord and the people of Judah and Jerusalem followed suit by falling to the ground. The first prerequisite for acceptable and pleasing worship is humility. They prepared themselves for worship in many ways: they went out into the wilderness. They worshipped the Lord with a loud voice. King Jeshoshaphat proclaimed the faithfulness of God and the need to believe. They appreciated the fact that the mercy of the Lord endures. They then made known their plea or prayer to the Lord. The singers went ahead of the army praising the Lord. Praise should precede our battles. It will not cease during the different stages of the battle. It will continue after the battle when victory has already been grasped. The end result was that the Lord set up ambushments against the enemy forces of Judah. They were smitten or defeated. The secret of victory revealed in this uni-verse is worship. Praise enables the power of God and His army to rise on our behalf. The word “ ambushments” implies that the Lord will deploy the element of surprise, timing and strategy to upset the balance in our favour. Very often the enemy forces we find in scripture are confounded and turn against each other. Praise is a precursor of victory against all odds. Prateep V Philip

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