Ezra 4:4 The people of the land tried to discourage the people of Judah.
Isn’t it amazing that the people of the land, those of the world, often try and unfortunately succeed in discouraging the people of Praise? Judah is the tribe of Praise and Worship. Judah was known as the tribe of Praise. It never seems to amaze me how the people of the world try and discourage those who are not of the world. As the world goes into recession, so it tries to discourage those of us that understand the power of praise.
Ezra 4:5 the people of the world even hired counselors to discourage the praise. You see the world’s counselors are not those with true understanding and insight into the spiritual realm. Thus things of the spirit are often confusing and seen as flaky by those of the world. In fact, one politician referred to the spiritual people as holding on to their religion. I don’t know about you, but it is this so called religion that sustains me in times of need.
The world does not understand the spiritual realm and as such looks with disdain at spiritual people. One of the finest principals of the spirit realm is the effect of praise and worship. The book of Psalms records this: My God inhabits the praise of His people”. Interestingly enough it’s the praises that the world’s system hates the most. The reason the world hates what it does not understand, is because a lack of understanding is scary.
God encourages us to praise Him during times of need. This is exactly when we need to increase in praise, get deeper into worship. Let God’s presence sustain you during your time of need. Discouraging times are testing times. Testing times are there to see how we respond to the external pressures.
Praising God in times of need is a powerful tool in the arsenal of the believer.
In my next article I will examine some more of the spiritual laws of the Bible…
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