And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven saying, “The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever. — Revelation 11:15
You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto you: and the light shall shine upon your ways. - Job 22:28
We are often told that worship is an attitude of the heart, that we can do it without ever uttering a word from our lips, and that all of life should be an expression of worship to the Lord. Although this is true, and heartfelt adoration of the Lord is of much greater value than mere lip service, today I would like to focus on the huge impact that spoken, out loud worship has on the world around us.
A few weeks ago, we mentioned that worship is a weapon of our warfare. It puts the devil’s forces in disarray, as we see in the story of Jehoshaphat’s victory, in 2 Chronicles 20:1-30. The worship that brought about that victory was verbal, not an inward adoration alone.
Worship is the sound of heaven. When we worship, we unite with heaven to bring about the will of God in the earth. Every time we speak or sing of the majesty, greatness, power, and glory of God, we are decreeing it and affirming it in the earth and over the powers of darkness. We establish God’s authority, His glory, in the earth by verbalizing it.
What this means is that, when we extol God’s love and mercy in our worship, it is a holy decree that then increases the establishment of His love and mercy around us. When we adore Him for His faithfulness, His faithfulness is released in the atmosphere around us to a greater degree. When we sing of His greatness, His goodness, His power, those things are loosed among us. This is not to say that God’s mercy, faithfulness, greatness, and all the wonderful qualities that make up His character are limited in some way, and that we make them bigger by our worship. No, God is already limitless in His goodness. But there is a cooperating between us and heaven that takes place through worship that causes the goodness of God to be manifested more fully in the earth when we honor Him aloud for those things.
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