Wednesday, April 30, 2014

From Praise To Victory

My wife and I watched a movie last night about the perfect game that was pitched in the final game of the Little League World Series. What was interesting was the team always prayed and had the preacher read Psalms 108 before each game because there are 108 stitches on a baseball. Any reason is a good reason to pray and read scripture, but I thought I would read it in total as it was not read in the movie completely. What I found was outstanding and a good recommendation for getting to victory in God.

Psalms 108:1O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
2 Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
3 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
7 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
10 Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
12 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
13 Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

Here we see the psalmist begins by calling for the praise and worship team to begin to praise God. They sang His exaltation above everything else. He then tells of places where there will be victory for them. The ending is really great. He says that they will win (do valiantly) because God is on their side.

We can have that same experience. The scriptures are here to teach us, to show us God’s ways. If we will sing out our praise and worship of Him, exalting Him above all else, He will come to our aid in the battle and trample the enemies.

Prayer
Father, we Praise and exalt You above all else. You alone are King. You alone are victorious above all our enemies. Forgive us when we doubt You. Come quickly now and defeat our enemies before us. Trample down those that oppress the poor and the fatherless. Send now Your healing, deliverance, and abundant provision. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.