Show Up!

There’s power and purpose in our praise!

As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who wee invading Judah, and they were defeated. 2 Chronicles 20:22

In this continuation from Wednesday’s blog, we find the inhabitants of Judah about to enter into a battle with three separate armies. Keep in mind Judah did not want to fight them, but their enemies got it in their minds to attack Judah anyway. The odds certainly appeared to be against them, but as they began to sing and praise God, prior to arriving to the battle, the Lord set an ambush against their enemies.

Please know the enemy only wants to attack your praise (Judah means praise). If he can muffle or snuff out your praise, then he has a very good chance of shutting you down. When we begin to sing and praise God in spite of our circumstances, God will defeat our enemies and all those who oppose us.

But God had Judah do what they do best, praise, and their enemies began to turn on each other. So much so that when Judah finally SHOWED UP on the scene, they were all dead. When the battle is over, the one left standing has free reign of the spoils. Catch this, God is only asking us to SHOW UP to the battle and be prepared to take home the blessings from the work that He has done! Can you work with that? So when the opposition rears itself in our lives, lets just SHOW UP!

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