Unshakeable Praise

Man! This has been a week for me! The devil has been so busy, using his tricks to attack and bother me in various situations and people. I found myself wondering at times if he was bothering anyone else or if my picture was the only one that came up in his system. It seemed that I was walking in constant spiritual warfare, fighting to stay on the right path and say the right things. Have you ever experienced anything like that? Like if you could just make it to Friday or Sunday or any day when the drama would be over with your sanity intact. Well that’s where I was this week. I cried out to the Lord for something to bring me back into focus. He sent an earthquake!

I have thought about this thing and listened to other people’s thoughts. I thought about the fact that this was a warning that God isn’t playing games with us and wants us to stop playing them with Him. But mostly I have thought about the sheer greatness of God. He can literally do anything! Just think about that for a minute. That earthquake was felt from Canada to Georgia! He can do anything, anytime, anywhere that He wants to.

What does that have to do with my crazy week? Well…as I began to really think about how big God is, I had to thank Him and then I started giving Him the praise and there was the revelation! The devil can throw whatever darts he wants to. He can blind the eyes of my friends and family from seeing the truth. He can even send sickness to me or those I love but he can’t take my worship unless I let him.

I choose to worship God! When Satan uses someone to try and throw me off course, I tell God thank you that no weapon formed against me shall prosper! When he would try and get me to cuss someone out or act like him, I tell Satan that greater is He that’s in me than he that’s in the world! I am more than a conqueror through Christ Jesus! We have to recognize Satan for who he is. He’s not your friend. He isn’t walking this earth for you to have fun. He is the master deceiver. He is a liar! But guess what he is even subject to God.  James 4:7 says, “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you!”  That means stand up to Satan and tell him to go!

This week I gave God the praise even when I didn’t feel like it. That’s reality! Sometimes we are tired or hurt or grieving or even broken but if you look beyond your present and give God the praise for what He’s going to do in the future, you are breaking the devil’s hold over you. We can’t stay in misery and tiredness and depression!  Decide in your heart that you are going to praise God through your situations because He is bigger than any circumstance! Believe in the God that has brought you this far. He is faithful and His will is perfect! That’s what I’m going to stand on!

So…if you are facing a storm or have been on Satan’s target list, purpose in your mind that you have the victory! Go in your secret place and just worship God. Your praise should outweigh your reality! Hebrews 12: 28 – 29 (The Message Bible) makes it plain and closes us out perfectly.  “Do you see what we've got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander. He's actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn, and he won't quit until it's all cleansed. God himself is Fire!” What can Satan do with that? Nothing…

AMEN!