The Power of Worship

 Genesis 49-50; Psalms 8; Luke 20 

“O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.”

Psalm 8:1, 2

The Creator of the universe delights in using the weak to confound the strong. While his glory is above the heavens and angels worship him, he receives praise from children and infants.

In what ways does the praise of children silence the foe and avenger?

Satan’s accusation of Job was that he was serving God because of the way God had blessed him. Children’s worship of God is not transactional. Children worship God without the expectation of anything in return. Like the worship of creation, children respond to their Creator because they are created in his image. When we choose to worship our Creator as adults, we silence the enemy of our souls. Worship is a weapon for which we were created.

Are we listening to the enemy, or are we silencing him today with our worship?

“Lord Jesus, I worship you as Creator, Sustainer, Provider, Protector, Redeemer, Deliverer, and Rewarder.”