Songs of Praise and Victory to our God
Have you ever been so full of thankfulness to God that you burst out in a song of praise? Lately, as I have been seeing and reflecting on the wonderful works of God in and through His church, I have been bursting with a joyful song of praise to our God!
From Exodus to Revelation songs of praise and songs of victory have been sung. Here are a few:
- The song of Moses is a song of deliverance! Moses and the people of Israel sang a song of praise to the Lord for His victory over their enemies. He had delivered them, saved them, and redeemed them! He gave strength and victory to Moses. God is praised for who He is and what He has done-glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, performing great wonders, leading with unfailing love (Ex 15:1-19)
Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord:
“I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously; He has hurled both horse and rider into the sea. The Lord is my strength and my song; He has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise Him— my father’s God, and I will exalt Him! (Ex 15:1-2 NLT)
- The song of Deborah is a song of victory! This song gives glory to God for His victory over Sisera and the Canaanites. You can read this song in Judges 5:1-32.
On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
“Israel’s leaders took charge, and the people gladly followed. Praise the Lord!
“Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you mighty rulers! For I will sing to the Lord. I will make music to the Lord, the God of Israel. (Judges 5:1-3 NLT)
- The song of Mary is a song of praise. (Lk 1:46-56) Mary declares the greatness of God and her spirit is rejoicing with the news she has received from the angel Gabriel that she is going to give birth to the Son of God, the Son of the Highest-JESUS!
Mary responded, “Oh, how my soul praises the Lord. How my spirit rejoices in God my Savior! (Lk 1:46-47 NLT)
- The song of the Lamb in Revelation is a song of celebration of God’s judgement, power and sovereignty! (Rev 15:1-4)
And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:
“Great and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations. Who will not fear You, Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous deeds have been revealed.” (Rev 15:3-4 NLT)
Out of the wonderful work I have been seeing God do in and through His church, I have written my own song of praise to God that I encourage you, church of Jesus Christ, to join me in singing (or declaring).
We praise You Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for Your faithfulness to Your Word. We praise You for all that You have been doing in and through Your church whom You love. You have begun a good work in us and will continue Your work until it is finally finished on the day when Your Son Jesus returns. (Phil 1:6)
Father in heaven, we know how dearly You love us, Your church, because You have given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with Your love. Thank you that You have been making this love for one another grow and overflow for one another and for all people. (Ro 5:5; 1 Thess 3:12)
We thank You that more and more the church of Jesus Christ is seeking You with our whole heart, desiring to know You Jesus and growing in a more intimate relationship with You Lord Jesus. (Jer 29:13-14; Phil 3:10)
You have made us holy and we are being made Holy by the work of Holy Spirit. (Heb 10:10, 14) Many are crying out daily to You Lord Ps 139:23-24-Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. As a result, Holy Spirit, You are working in our hearts, revealing unforgiveness, offenses, idolatry, all works of the flesh and causing us to truly repent! We receive these convictions with joy and receive the forgiveness of Jesus and cleansing of the Holy Spirit. Our hearts cry is, “less of me and more of You Lord!” As a result of the work that You are doing in us, we are looking more and more like we belong to You Father God-Your holy people, set apart from the world. All praise, honor and glory to God!
There have been challenges, problems, trials, even tribulations. You are teaching us to rejoice in these, seeing them from Your perspective. As a result we have been developing perseverance. We have been able to persevere, not losing heart, not giving up! The perseverance has been developing character-we are becoming more like You Jesus and walking according to the Spirit. (Ro 5:3-4; 2 Co 4:1, 16; Gal 6:9; 2 Thess 3:13; Gal 5:16)
We give You praise! Faith is rising! The church of Jesus Christ is becoming stronger in the Lord, believing what You said Jesus, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” We are glad to boast about our weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through us. More and more we take pleasure in our weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that we suffer for Christ. For when we are weak, then we are strong! (2 Co 12:9-10)
Thank you for making us one in Christ and for enabling us to keep the unity of the Spirit! We are maturing and growing in every way, looking more and more like You Jesus. You are making Your whole body fit together perfectly. As each of us uses the gift we have been given, it helps the other members of this body to grow, so that this whole body is healthy and growing and full of love. We are a team! Praise the Lord! (Eph 4:1-6; 11-16)
So, we continue to pray for one another, asking You Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit, to enable us to live a life worthy of Your call. We pray that You may give us the power to accomplish all the good things our faith prompts us to do. We desire with our whole heart to honor the name of our Lord Jesus because of the way we live. It is only because of Your grace that this is made possible. (2 Thess 1:11-12)
Amen!
I will leave you with Paul’s prayer of praise:
Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to Him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen. (Eph 3:20-21 NLT)
I hope and pray that this will inspire you to write your own song of praise to God!
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” (Rev 2:7 NKJV)
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