How the Supernatural Power of Praise Will Overcome the Enemy
The entire world has always been drawn to theories and speculations, artifacts and instruments, and legends and displays of so-called supernatural power, but there is nothing that can touch the genuine supernatural power of praise in the presence of God!
A spiritual attraction is a powerful and necessary inherent desire intended to prompt you to seek out an encounter with the Living God, because the spiritual realm is very real, but when the desire for a supernatural encounter is not focused on the Lord, idolatry, spiritual oppression and worse are the result.
A spiritual attraction is a powerful and necessary inherent desire intended to prompt you to seek an encounter with the Living God.
~ Alicia Purdy ~
Here are just a few things the Lord has done that eye witnesses recorded:
- In Joshua 10, God made the sun stand still for a full 24 hour so the Israelites could defeat the 5 armies of the Amorites.
- In Isaiah 38 the Lord turned the sun on the sundial back ten steps.
- In Numbers 26:10 God caused the earth to open and to swallow men who had rebelled against Moses.
- In Acts 8:39, the apostle Philip was teleported from one location to another with an Ethiopian eye witness there to see it.
- In Numbers 22, a donkey spoke in a man’s voice to stop his master, Balaam, from being killed by an angel who was sent to prevent Balaam from cursing God’s people.
Whatever God needs to do in order to advance His Kingdom purposes, He will do. When you are on God’s side, He is on your side and nothing – in heaven or on earth – is outside of the realm of possibility if He needs to accomplish His purposes through a willing servant!
No human mind could ever fathom the true power of God, which supersedes every law of gravity, time and space, physics, matter, reason and nature on this earth – that He created.
Demonic Devices Vs. The Supernatural Power of Praise
The devil has been counterfeiting and twisting God’s Words from the beginning of man’s timeline on the earth, starting in the Garden of Eden. Once sin infected God’s perfect creation, the whole world became diseased, right down to their genetics.
Soon, as Paul noted even people began to, “suppress the truth through unrighteousness.” (Romans 1:18) And, as Jesus said, those apart from the Lord are “of their father, the devil,” who was always a murderer and is utterly empty and void of anything that is truth. (John 8:44)
Why do so many people drift toward the demonic supernatural “powers” of darkness? Paul gave this answer in Romans 1:21:
“Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him or give thanks to Him as God, but became futile in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were darkened.”
Whether that “power” is clearly false or even unbelievable, people gravitate toward supernatural things because we were created to praise the Lord. Praise and worship are supernatural and spiritual encounters that take place in the presence of God.
In God’s presence is strength, peace, endurance, perspective, insight, guidance, joy, comfort and so much more. Of course the enemy doesn’t want people to have anything supernatural that God provides! Why? Because those are weapons used in his defeat!
Of course the enemy doesn’t want people to have anything supernatural that God provides! Why? Because those are weapons used in his defeat!
~ Alicia Purdy ~
Aliens. Ghost hunting. Horoscopes. Fortunetelling. Ouija boards. Meditations. Chanting. Channeling. Witchcraft. Magic. Tarot cards. Even superheroes are part of the “supernatural” experience humans are drawn to!
There is a part of every person that is fascinated by the notion that something “out there” exists beyond the natural, temporal realm we dwell in because all of humanity was created to praise the supernatural God. (Isaiah 43:21)
It is also inherent within each person because God made people in His image, so the spirit that dwells in a person is “the candle of the Lord”. (Proverbs 20:27) However, if you’re not intentionally worshipping the Lord, you are – even unintentionally – worshipping someone or something else.
How Does Praise Have Supernatural Power?
What’s so special about praise? What makes praise and worship spiritual weapons of victory for God’s people?
If praise and worship are simply part of your faith tradition, then you may not experience the fullness of God’s power in praise because routine kills passion. Praise and worship are a lifestyle that involves the living, active power of God’s Word, and the connecting with God through prayer.
Your faith should be a cord of three strands where prayer, praise, and the living power of God’s Word are entwined, given equal attention, and equally honored as part of how you live your daily life.
Why did David say that praise would “continually” be in his mouth? It was just because he loved God. It was also because the enemy’s attacks are continual and praise is a weapon of counterattack and defense.
In times of darkness and difficulty we cry out for the Lord to step in and help, but if the situation worsens while we are waiting, many become tempted by the enemy in their weakness to seek answers another way – maybe in a horoscope, or a tarot, for example.
We do something silly for “good luck” or that is a little bit superstitious or we don’t want to “jinx” things, but those are demonic pathways that God does not walk upon!
…we cry out for the Lord to step in and help, but if the situation worsens while we are waiting, many become tempted by the enemy in their weakness to seek answers another way.
~ Alicia Purdy ~
Throughout the Bible, there is a wide array of eye witness accounts and testimonies showing that in hard times, the praises of God’s people bring supernatural power. Not because the people have any power, but because God moves in power and authority.
So, when they sang and praised the Lord on earth, the supernatural power of praise in God’s presence brought supernatural things into the natural realm.
How Praise Overcomes the Enemy
In 2 Chronicles 20, Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, was facing a deadly threat and in his fear, he turned to the Lord in worship as an act of faith. The result?
“When they began singing and praising, the Lord set ambushes against [those] who had come against Judah; so they were defeated. Then the Ammonites and Moabites stood up against those dwelling from Mount Seir to destroy and finish them. Then when they made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, each man attacked his companion to destroy each other. And Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, and they turned to the vast army and saw only corpses lying on the ground. And no one was spared.”
The supernatural power of praise opened the heavenlies and God stepped in to an impossible situation and God’s people didn’t have to lift a finger. He caused confusion among the enemies and they turned and attacked each other!
- Not one of God’s people was injured.
- Nothing was lost.
- No curse launched at them had the spiritual permission to land.
When you are on God’s side, He is on your side and nothing – in heaven or on earth – is outside of the realm of possibility if He needs to accomplish His purposes through a willing servant!
- James wrote, “…submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.” (James 4:7-8)
- According to Revelation 12:11, God’s people overcome the enemy, “by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.”
- Jesus said in Mark 16:17, “These signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons…”
God’s truth is the only source of truth in existence. NOT all paths lead to God. And plenty of things people do in their everyday lives that seem harmless are actually spiritually harmful. The enemy would love nothing more than to have access into your life through even a pinprick of “harmless” darkness – especially through your children.
The enemy would love nothing more than to have access into your life through even a pinprick of “harmless” darkness.
~ Alicia Purdy ~
Jesus used God’s Word to combat the enemy saying, “IT IS WRITTEN” because He knew God’s Word has true, supernatural power. This is why all praise and worship must be rooted in God’s Word!
Praise overcomes the enemy by keeping you close to the Lord, by submitting yourself to the Lord, by keeping you in His light to protect you from the darkness, by allowing the Lord to address what’s in you that is making things worse, and by creating a supernatural set of circumstances that will sustain you in your battles.
PRAISE. THE. LORD.
Thought for today: Praise Invites Supernatural Power
There will be plenty of opportunities in life for you to need help beyond your own abilities – and that’s why you need the Lord! Are you blessed or cursed? You are blessed! That’s not the same thing as being “problem free”. YOU ARE BLESSED.
God has given you access to His unlimited resources of power. He shows His might where it is needed to advance the Kingdom of heaven. There is no trickery, counterfeit, device, nor invention of man that can conjure up God’s power nor copy it.
God’s Word is the only source of truth in existence and in that Word it is made abundantly clear that the supernatural power of praise and worship dispel darkness and create an atmosphere where a holy God, who dwells in light, can abide- and therein lies the power!
Learn more about the 7 Hebrew Words for Praise and how each one helps create strength, intimacy, and fresh revelation as you understand more about God’s plan for praise in your life!
Forget fantasies, “vain repetitions” (Matthew 6:7), wishful thinking and false hope – praise the Lord and you’ll see the supernatural power of God rush to your aid!
Take a minute – right now – and read Psalm 18:6-19 and get into praise today. Maybe this battle isn’t one you have to fight – you just worship and let God take care of the rest!
