Raise Praise-A Devotional

2 Chron.20:21 and when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: Praise the LORD, For His mercy endures forever.

22 Now when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.

Now when the singers began to sing and praise, the Lord defeated the enemy. The battle was won by the Lord just as he promised. The people of Judah and Jerusalem then collected the spoil, and returned to Jerusalem rejoicing and praising God. So they came to Jerusalem , with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the Lord.

The first lesson we must learn is that God delights to make His power manifest where His people are praising Him. Sending a group of singers into battle, ahead of an army, is an unlikely military strategy, especially when you have told the army that they won’t need to use their weapons or even fight. Yet this is exactly the situation that God creates so that His people depend upon Him; and He receives the glory when His power is manifest.

(Fruitful Worship by Bruce Zachary)