Dear Beloved Of God
I want to communicate to you what I am receiving from our Heavenly Father: He desires us to fellowship with Him in worship. In the epistle of John 4:23-24, Jesus teaches us that the hour has come for all true worshipers to worship the Father in spirit and in truth. He actually says that the Father seeks those to worship Him in this manner.
Interestingly, Jesus does not relate worship to a place, as the woman to which He was directly speaking did. She said she was taught that the Samaritans worshiped in this mountain and the Jews spoke of worshiping in Jerusalem. Our Lord teaches that genuine worshipers humble and prostrate themselves from a heart of thanksgiving and gratitude. This worship takes its form of words spoken to our Heavenly Father or our Mediator, Jesus Christ.
King David, in Psalm 8:1-2, states, “O Lord, our Lord how excellent is Your Name in all the earth… and that He has set His glory above all the earth”. David didn’t just think only these thoughts of God, but verbalizes them in songs. Verse 2 states, God has established strength to flow from the mouths of youths (babes and unweaned infants) to silence the enemy and the avenger. What this meant is clarified by Jesus Christ Himself in Matthew 21:15-16. Young boys and girls were crying out Hosanna to the Son of David (Jesus Christ) and the chief priests were indignant.
Jesus refers to Psalm 8:2 when David speaks prophetically, “Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have made (provided) perfect praise”. I don’t understand completely how this all works, but God gives understanding to those that ask. Praising God is a strength that is able to silence the enemy and stop him in his tracks. This strength is available to all Christians. It doesn’t matter the maturity level of the believer. Jesus said baby, and even those that are still on milk, new babies.
Today let the strength of God flow from your heart in the form of praising Him for all His works and benefits. (Psalm 103) In doing so we magnify our Heavenly Father and silence the enemy; give weight to what God has said; glorify what He has done; and shut-up the enemies of God at the same time! Satan can not stand before us when we praise our Father God.
Jesse Kelly
