A Note Of Victory

Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! For He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.

Psalm 98:1

Did you know there is someone who really gets bent out of shape whenever you go to church? No, not that fellow in the next pew who objects to your singing. It truly torments the devil and every one of his “assistants” when you worship God, in the public sanctuary or the private one. It throws a wrench into the detailed agenda of demonic works. In all the other things we do, from watching television to grocery shopping to taking business trips, there are countless windows of opportunity for the devil to steal in and do his thing. But when you worship God devotedly, Satan is out of his league. He is completely stripped of power, and that’s always been the one thing the devil can’t abide.

Worship has always been our weapon. Consider that midnight in a Philippian jail, when two prisoners named Paul and Silas lifted their voices and sang praises to God. Think of all the psalms in which David begins in deep depression, lamenting the injustice of his enemies’ success. In so many of these, he turns his attention and poetry to the praises of God, and his psalm finishes on a note of victory. Praise can become the pattern in your life.