“For the dead cannot praise You; they cannot raise their voices in praise. Those who go down to destruction can no longer hope in your faithfulness. Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation can make known your faithfulness to the next.” – Isaiah 38:18–19
Hopefully, during the past couple of months, something wonderful has happened; you realized that God is completely in love with you. In response to this love, you have come to trust Him, and because of that relationship, you have fallen in love with Him. Being in love with God allows you to move from duty to devotion. You don’t have to follow His commands, you want to because you know they are good.
An overflow of your relationship with God is Worship. Worship is more than a song; it is a lifestyle. It can be expressed through acts of service, words of affirmation, and gift giving, as well as singing, dancing, and even shouting. Living this way produces purity, confidence, and strength in us, and then something amazing happens: We become warriors in God’s kingdom.
Love & War
Worship is actually an act of warfare against satan and demonic forces! Our worship puts the devil on the run and increases our ability to fight against powers of darkness in the heavenly realm. Psalm 149:6 says, “Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand.”
When you give God your high praises, it is warfare against satan. When we give God all our attention, we strip the enemy of any power over our souls or our bodies. In His Presence, we are protected from all the schemes of the enemy. We become like Jesus who said that the ruler of this world “has nothing in Me” (John 14:30, NASB).
How are we able to come boldly into the presence of God? The blood of Jesus. Hebrews 9:22 says, “Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins.” And without the forgiveness of sins there is no presence of God. The blood of Jesus has removed every spot and stain from your life and invites you into the presence of God.