“Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand to….” Psalms 149: 6,7

God gave His Word and His Name as weapons but we tend to use our weapons when we are faced with problems.   To solve them we grab the weapon of self confidence, position, intelligence, knowledge, influence, fame, finance and people in our lives before turning to God.  To relieve pain we grab Tylenol, to cover a wound we grab the band-aid, to get that promotion we go to people first.  Most of the time we try to handle our problems without seeking God.  When it fails then we go to God.

To fight spiritual battles we need to use spiritual weapons.  God has given us many weapons at our disposal, His Word, His Name and the full armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-18).  He has also given other defensive and offensive weapons.   His Blood, His Righteousness, His Spirit, our testimony, worship, praise and prayer are some of them.

God reminded me again, through one of the brothers, to use the weapon of worship and praise.  The battles I have been fighting with prayer and petition should now continue with worship and praise.  King Jehoshaphat and his army used weapons of praise (2 Chronicles 20:22).  They put down their swords and spears and picked up trumpets and harps.  They sang to the Lord and praised him for the splendor of his holiness (2 Chronicles 20:21).

How will we know if our worship is winning or if the weapons exchange is effective?

When we are able to face the battle without fear (v 15), to be able to stand still and know that God has taken over the battle (v17);  when we experience peace & rest in the midst of the problems, then we know the weapons exchange is successful.  There will be joy in our hearts (v 27).

Let the weapons of worship and praise be our first choice for the year 2015. ‎