Friday, January 19, 2007

Sing to the Lord

And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
2 Chronicles 20:22

A couple of months ago I awoke from a dream in the middle of the night. I was singing a song at the top of my voice. I was trembling as I laid in bed, in the dark, thinking about it. I didn’t want to go back to sleep. Dan woke as well and pulled me to him to stop my trembling. All I could think about is the song I was singing. “Jesus you are the savior of my soul, and forever and ever I give my praises to you.”


In my dream, I was on a ship with several women and we were having a good time. Then one by one, women began to walk down to the below deck and not return. I began to miss them and went to see if I could find them. As my foot hit the first step down, I felt an evil presence. I tried to look to see what was below but couldn’t see past the darkness. It was then that I knew the women that went below were overtaken by this presence. As I turned to go back up the step I was grabbed from behind. I began to sing with a loud voice, “Jesus, you are the savior of my soul, and forever and ever I give my praises to you!” As I sang the presence was unable to hold on to me and I began to run. I ran quickly to where the other women were and noticed that I was being followed. As I reached the women I yelled to them to sing, and sing at the top of your lungs. As long as we were singing, this presence could not move toward us. But if we stopped it moved closer. I then woke from the dream singing this song.

I have pondered this dream and then began to search through the bible and found in 2 Chronicles 20:20-30 that Jehoshaphat appointed singers to go before the army to praise God. You see, the Lord spoke through Jahaziel earlier that Jehosphaphat should not fear those that have come against them because the battle belonged to the Lord. God told them to get in place and be still and see the salvation of the Lord. Then, as they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the enemy and they were killed. Wow! In my dream, as long as I sang this evil presence couldnt move toward me. God was holding him back. But as my mouth closed, he moved forward. So, I kept singing and sang to the top of my lungs.

What about you? Are you in a battle? Are you singing? Have you taken your place in battle and stood still to see the salvation of the Lord? If you have done all you can to stand, just stand! And SING!

Lord, you are the savior of my soul. And forever, and ever I give my praises to you. No matter what comes. No matter what the battle, I know that I have the promise that if I stand still Your salvation will be seen. I know that You are the redeemer of my soul. I know that You want to handle my battles. Help me to let go of my flesh and be still. Help me to SING. I love you Lord. Amen.

May God bless you this week and ambush your enemy.