#WordForTodayDevotional
Monday September 12, 2022
AWESOMENESS OF PRAISE (4): YAHWEH’S MANIFEST PRESENCE
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord;
II Chronicles 5:13 (KJV)
Praise is the vehicle that conveys anyone into Yahweh’s presence. Yahweh inhabits the praise of His people (see Psalms 22:3). Whenever anyone wants to experience God’s presence, all that is required is to enter with thanksgiving and go on with singing praises to the Lord from the heart, then His presence is provoked. When Yahweh arrives what happens?
1. Everything holding you quakes out. There is earthquake when Yahweh arrives at the scene. Paul and Silas were thrown into the prison for preaching the gospel but at midnight, they praised Yahweh. As Yahweh visited the prison to inhabit their praise, there was great earthquake so that the foundation of the prison was shaken (see Acts 16:25-26). Praise builds a house for the presence of the Lord and when He arrives, whatever is harassing your life must be shaken out by fire. That is the wonder of praise. It has the capacity to bring Yahweh on the scene who in turn sets you free from every harassment of the enemy.
