Let God Arise and
His Enemies be Scattered!
By Penny Williams
Early in
my walk with Jesus we use to sing Psalm 68:1 KJV. There was a fire that pitched
within everyone’s soul as we began to praise the name of our King of Kings,
better known as Yeshua Hamachi or Jesus the Messiah. There is power in giving
Him praise from your heart by song, by your lips, power when you raise your
arms in praise, power when the trumpet is blown, when the tambourine is played,
power when you use any instruments to give praise to our Heavenly Father. We are talking about the Kingdom of Christ.
Jesus
said, “The Kingdom of God is within you.” Lu. 17:21
You
cannot see “The Kingdom of God” unless you are born again. Jn.3:3
“The
Kingdom of God is not meat or drink, but righteousness, peace and joy in the
Holy Ghost.” Ro. 14:17
“For the
Kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.” Ro.4:20
I fully
believe when a church is in unity, filled with the Holy Spirit; God takes note
because He knows that flock wants His presence. To do this we give Him praise
in the faith He has given to us.
In Romans
4:20 Paul was relating to the suffering of believers that were going on and although
the church had many teachers, they had few fathers to oversee those who were
speaking and teaching. One of the things Paul said to them was to warn them and
to “follow me.” Apparently, there were many whose pride and egos were in their
speech when they spoke.
“Flesh and
blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, neither can corruption.” 1Co. 15:50
There is power
when you clap your hands unto the Lord. The Bible says,
“Clap
your hands, all ye people shout unto God with the voice of triumph.” Psalm 47:1
In verse
6: “Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing
praises.”
Four
times in that
single verse tells us to open our mouths and sing onto our Lord.
There are countless ways you can give God
praise. I was talking to my daughter “Grace” about how I was searching for a
topic to write about. Forgiveness? Love? I always touch on God’s love in all my
articles because I was one who was rescued by His great love.
I
mentioned “Praise?”
She said,
“Yes, please write an article about praising God.”
I said,
“There is power in praising God. But I do not see many giving Him praise today.”
There is an old saying that if you can hear yourself sing, no one else is
singing. I know that God always sees and hears us, the room should be filled
with the zeal of God’s love and freely to give Him all praise in song.
Why, might
you ask?
Listen
closely:
When we
praise God, His power, The Holy Spirit comes into our presence, and all true
heart-filled believers have been given a deposit of the Holy Spirit that is a
mark upon them that can never be removed. God knows who are His. The one time
and perfect sacrifice Jesus went through upon the cross for our sins can never
be retracted. His sacrifice can never be removed. Not even from history books. Although,
we know that the enemy tries to wipe it out, the Bible talks about how we
already have the victory. That is good reason to be zealous. Jesus arose on the
third day and revealed himself to over 600 people teaching about the Kingdom of
God for 40 days before He was ascended. Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies that
were prophesied about Him in the Old Testament. He was and is the New Covenant.
Allowing
The Holy Spirit to give Him praise in your heart will change your entire life!
Need a miracle? Give Him praise! Can you be publicly clamorously foolish for
Christ? I believe you can!
Use the
faith that God has given to you and give Him praise. Believers do everything in
faith.
Back in
the day, there were many small books written about the power of praise and
believers took praising God seriously, laudingly and with great joy that bought
strength to their bodies as faith was reproduced continually in their lives. A
renewed boldness in Christ unfailingly comes when God is given praise during your
trials and daily challenges. Suddenly, when you are giving all praise to our
Father, you are setting your heart upon Him, His will and not upon the world Ro.12:1-2.
Praising God brings a renewed faith, hope, joy into your heart. You are
thinking about His goodness and not about your problem. You have decided not to
be overcome with evil, but to overcome evil with good. When you give godly
sincere “heart-praise” to God, you are indeed becoming an overcomer.
Stay
tuned for “Praise 2”
