Praise

When an earthy king is angry at a foreign nation, he summons his army and sends them into battle.  Likewise, God also has an army of mighty warriors that battle against the demonic enemy.  Isaiah saw this army in a vision:

Raise a banner on a bare hilltop, shout to them; beckon to them to enter the gates of the nobles.

I have commanded those I prepared for battle; I have summoned my warriors to carry out my wrath— those who rejoice in my triumph.

Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together!  The Lord Almighty is mustering an army for war.

They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the Lord and the weapons of his wrath— to destroy the whole country.  (Isaiah 13: 2-5 NIV)

Who are the Lord’s warriors, His "mighty ones that carry out His wrath?"
Isaiah told us it was “those who rejoice in His triumph!”

I love that word- triumph!!  Jesus triumphed over the devil at the cross: 

And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.  (Colossians 2:15 NIV)

You and I become mighty warriors in the army of the Lord the moment we decide to rejoice that the battle was already won at the cross!!

And as we rejoice in His Triumph, demonic strongholds come crashing down and demonic rulers are bound and shackled:  

May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands,

to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, to carry out the sentence written against them—

this is the glory of all his faithful people. 

Praise the Lord.  (Psalm 149:6-9 NIV)

As warriors, the first weapon that God has given us for battle is the weapon of praise, and it acts as a double-edged sword, inflicting vengeance and punishment on the demonic enemy.

Praise:  Give God praise because at the cross, all these things were finished!!  Praise Him in the past tense, for His Triumph at the cross.

If you’d like some promises to Praise Him for, I made a list of my favorites here:  Promises   








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Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973,1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.

Scripture quotations marked (TLB) are taken from The Living Bible copyright © 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.