The Peace-Praise Connection

UV 3589/10000. The Peace -Praise Connection As I create the praise of his lips, Peace, peace, to him who is far away (both Jew and Gentile) and to him who is near! Say the Lord; “And I will heal him ( making his lips blossom anew with thankful praise).” Isaiah 57 v 19 As we offer up fruitful words of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, He blesses us with peace. The wicked, those who do not acknowledge God, do not have peace and are like the restless, raging sea. Their lives and thoughts are muddy, unclear and mired in worries of this world. We, who believe Jesus, are in contrast like the rock in the middle of the sea, unmoved and not shaken by the tossing waves. The reason being the Lord is near to those whose minds are always focused on Him. He heals and delivers us of all our troubles. The Lord knows our ways and is pleased with us. Nothing is hidden from His sight. If there is a willful or unconscious sin in our lives, He, the Holy Spirit, makes us aware of it and shows us the way to overcome it with His grace. Even our setbacks become occasions and reasons for praising the Lord. No guilt of the past, no fear of the present, no anxiety regarding the future can affect us. The Lord has created three streams of praise in our lives- the things He accomplished for us in the past, the things He is doing now, the things He has promised to do in the future. Our hearts and minds should alternate between these three streams of praise. While we were praying, the Lord revealed that the covid 19 virus had visited me as many as thrice but could not remain in me. He heals us with His word which is Rapid20 and beyond. We are not even aware a disease has come near us as the Lord is protecting and healing us simultaneously. We should, therefore, always arm ourselves with prayer, promises of the word of God, praise and thanksgiving, songs of deliverance. The enemy is the one who wants to afflict us and hence, we should use these spiritual weapons to ward him off and keep him at a distance. When God is near us, the enemy is far from us. He cannot touch a hair on our heads or a cell in our bodies. We, who live by faith in Jesus, are fallible but not vulnerable. The incredible power of El Shaddai is at work in us. The heat of the spiritual fire burning in our hearts and minds is a deterrent to keep the invisible foes at bay. The blood of Jesus covers us and shields us from any internal attack while the word shields us from any external attack. We have many reasons to praise the Lord but there are no seasons or fluctuations in our faith. The Holy Spirit places new praises on our lips to offer unto the Lord.