Did you know that infants can silence God's enemies? I was amazed when I read that they could in Psalm 8 verse 2. It says, "You (God) have taught children and nursing infants to give you praise. They silence your enemies who were seeking revenge." I started asking God, "How in the world can a baby who can't even talk silence your enemies?" His reply was found in the same verse - through PRAISE! My jump in logic makes me think "If they can silence your enemies through praise then WE (adults) can silence your enemies through praise!"

Let's give it a try!!!

Where is an enemy of God assaulting you today? Start praising God and see if those arrows are re-routed!

Let me know how it turns out! Then we can praise HIM together!

Loaves and Fish

She sat down and threw her hands up in the air. With tears streaming down her face she looked up to heaven and yelled, "God, it's never enough!!!!! I keep walking this path you have laid out before me and nothing ever comes of it!" Oh, she knows there are little victories here and little open windows there, but nothing seems to come together to show her that the path she is walking is exactly where God would have her. So she tries many paths to find out which one will become her career. She longs to do the thing she was created to do on this earth. People all around her are walking in what they were created to do. She yearns for the same! She is looking for that external confirmation of an internal conviction!
Just a few months ago a workers truck pulled up next to her on the road with a metal sign afixed to the door that read, "Bob, The Plumber." It brought tears to her eyes because she longed for a sign on her door that would explain to the world what she does. Her door is still empty. Every day she hopes that God will burst open the heavens with the answer but only a trickle comes. Amazingly, those droplets have been enough to keep her walking.
However, today is different. As she looked heavenward and yelled out to God she all of a sudden thought of Jesus looking heavenward and asking His Father to bless the 5 loaves of bread and 2 loaves of fish that a little boy had offered to feed 5000 people. God, The Father had honored Jesus request and created enough food to satisfy everyone present PLUS have 12 full baskets left over. She rose from her bed with a new perspective. She looked at Jesus and said, "All I have... I give to you." She has no idea what HE will do with what she has placed in His hands, but she is confident that she put them where they needed to be.

Running for Cover

Do you have a need today? I've got a safe place we can go; it's a fortress actually! Proverbs 18:10 says, "The name of the Lord is a strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe."
I'll run with you there.
It's kind of like getting caught outside in a downpour. You look around for the closest cover to get you out of the rain.
What's "raining" down on you today?
There's a place we can go; it's a fortress!
As we run, I think we should start praising God! You see, Psalm 149:6 says, "Let the praises of God be in their mouths, and a sharp sword in their hands." So as we run, we should praise because that creates a sharp sword in our hands. We may need that sword to defeat our enemy! Despair is a great enemy...but praise defeats him. I've fought him before! I would be so happy to cover your back and help you fight him today!
"Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song.
Sing his praises in the assembly of the faithful.
O Israel, rejoice in your Maker.
O people of Jerusalem, exult in your King.
Praise his name with dancing,
accompanied by tamborine and harp.
For the Lord delights in his people;
he crowns the humble with salvation.
Let the faithful rejoice in his honor.
Let them sing for joy as they lie on their beds."
Psalm 149:1-5