The Battle Cry

We are living in what seems perilous times. The news can seem quite frightening, as it comes at us night after night into our homes by way of the nightly news. I must admit I am quite addicted to watching it lately. It seems so much is a stake. So I have been asking God how am I suppose to respond to all this????


This is how He has answered me. Now is NOT the time to be focused on the impending doom, and all the destruction we keep hearing about. Instead it is time to keep our focus on what is eternal, what is good, and most of all what is God's Battle Plan. I was reminded this week of King Jehoshaphat, when the nation of Israel was facing certain destruction. Jehoshaphat went before God, and this is what He told Him in 2 Chron. 20:15...do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude. For the battle is not your, but Gods.

So what did Jehoshaphat do? He gathered his people and instead of taking up arms and fighting the enemy, he sent out the singers, the dancers, the musicians, and the people began to praise God and to declare His goodness and mercy

2Ch 20:22 "As soon as they started shouting and praising, GOD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir as they were attacking Judah, and they all ended up dead."
How cool it that...? I love this kind of battle strategy.

In Psalms 149 we see further evidence that Praise is indeed a weapon!

Praise Jehovah! Sing to Jehovah a new song, His praise in the congregation of saints.
Let Israel rejoice in his Maker; let the sons of Zion be joyful in their King.
Let them praise His name in the dance; let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
For Jehovah takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the meek with salvation.
Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing aloud on their beds.
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand, to carry out vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,
to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with iron-bands,
to carry out on them the judgment written; this is an honor for all His saints. Praise Jehovah!

I know that this sounds so strange and completely the opposite of what we think we should be doing during such serious times, but in all these years I have been serving God I have figured out a thing or two and one of those things is that God's ways and my ways are not usually the same. So I am trying here to see things His way =]

I believe as we declare the goodness of God, and praise Him, especially when what we see in the natural looks so ominous, that it does indeed confound the enemy. He gets confused and starts to loose much ground. This Psalm even indicates that our praises bind the enemy and put him in chains... So that is my Battle Cry...The High Praises of God in my mouth!!!!