Have you ever observed what happens when God's children begin to worship and praise Him?
Let me just say, "Oh yes, "There is power in your praise!"
Praising God is not just for Sunday mornings or that occasional gospel concert. Praise should be apart of our daily lifestyle. When you awake, while in the shower, in your home, in your car, at work, anywhere and anytime.
" I will bless the Lord at all times and His praise shall continually be in my mouth."
In the book of Acts we hear the story of Paul and Silas being cruelly beaten and unjustly imprisoned for calling out a spirit of divination in a young girl, who was a fortune teller. Besides the trauma of the beating, their arms and legs were clamped together in a immobile position which caused cramps and loss of circulation, and they where in a dark and cold dungeon.
Can you imagine enduring such pain and inhuman conditions? Yet in spite of the dilemma they faced, Paul and Silas began to pray and praise God. They knew how to release the most effective spiritual weapon that would allow them to enter into His presence and power.
Through their praise and worship, they were lifted into the presence and peace of God, which provide a gateway for God's power to move in their circumstance.
Psalm 22:3 says, that God inhabits ( dwells, lives, within) the praises of His people. Meaning that He is in the atmosphere of His praise. Praise is a vehicle of faith which brings us into the presence and power of God. Realistically, praise and worship is the "Get in Free" card that allows us to enter into the sacredness of His glory.
There is power in your praise!
Since praise manifests God's presence, we also realize that praise repels the presence of the enemy. An atmosphere which is filled with praise and worship is disgusting to the devil. He fears the authority of the name Jesus, and has to flee.
When the children of Judah were outnumbered by the armies of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, King Jehoshophat and all the people sought the Lord for help. The Lord assured them that this battles was not theirs but His. So they rose early in the morning, an Judah being the people of "praise" began to sing and praise the beauty of His holiness, and the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.
There is power in your praise!
When God's children begin to praise and worship Him with our hearts it sends the enemy running!! God's presence responds when we praise and worship Him, it evokes His presence and power to flow in our midst.
I encourage you today, to become a person of praise and you will experience the power through your praise.
Scripture Reference: 2Chronicles 20, Psalm 22:3, Psalm 34:1, Acts 16:23-26
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