Psalm 22:3 says but You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel.
One way to get the attention of God is through praise and worship. In
Mark 5:1-17 is the story of the mad man of Gadara. For one reason or the
other demons just took interest in this man and made his body their
abode. The demons inside him invited other demons and before you know
it, he was loaded with a legion of demons (over 6000 demons). This man
lost control of his life to these wicked demons .A demon is enough to
destroy one’s life talk less of legion of demons. One day this man saw
Jesus from afar, he ran and began to worship. By the time he finished
worshiping; Jesus was already standing by him. The demons were forced
out; he got his deliverance and life back. If nothing works try praise
and worship. When everything failed in Acts 16:25 -26, Paul and Silas
resulted to singing Hymns to glorify the name of the Lord. There was an
earthquake and before you know it all their chains were loosed and all
the doors in the prison were opened.
When you praise God, He
takes His position in your life. Psalm 22:3 says but You are holy,
enthroned in the praises of Israel. To enthrone means to occupy a throne
or take up a seat. When we praise the Lord, He occupies His throne in
our life or He takes up His seat in our life. Once the Lord occupies His
throne, the first thing He does is to establish His kingdom. Once He
establishes His kingdom in our life, favor, mercy, protection,
promotion, victory, abundance, fruitfulness, good health e.t.c will
become a daily occurrence in our life. In His kingdom there is no defeat
or loss. There is no purposelessness, stagnancy or bareness. Everything
in His kingdom function to His will. The will of God for you is to have
life and have it in abundance, John 10:10. When the mad man of Gadara
began to worship, Jesus enthroned Himself in His life and all the six
thousand demons had to run. Immediately Paul and Silas began to sing
hymns, God enthroned Himself in their challenges and the chains that
stood as bondages fell off. Once God enthrones Himself in your life,
your battle becomes His battles. Why do you think the children of Israel
marched around Jericho once for six days blowing the trumpet to praise
God (Joshua 6:1-21)? They were preparing God’s throne. On the seventh
day, they marched around Jericho seven times and lifted up their voices
and began to make joyful noise to God. Immediately God took His throne
in their lives, the wall came down.
ACTION POINT: Enthrone him
today in your life by spending quality time to sing praise and worship
to Him, before you know it everything hindering your expansion will
begin to give way.
