Let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise
Praise is a spiritual weapon that we can use to silence the devil. There is perhaps no more important fact in the Bible than this. From the point of view of practical Christian living, God has given you a way to silence the devilâs mouth. Psalm 8:2 says:
âOut of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, because of Your enemies, that You may silence the enemy and the avenger.â
The psalmist, addressing God, was speaking about âenemiesâ in the plural and âthe enemy and the avengerâ in the singular. âThe enemy and the avengerâ is none other than the devil himself; âenemiesâ are the evil spirits that are Satanâs instruments against us. Because of Satan and his evil spirits, God has ordained strength that we might silence the devil.
This verse was quoted by Jesus in the gospel of Matthew. The quotation is a revelation of the full meaning of this passage. In this scene, Jesus is in the temple, healing the sick, and the children are running to and fro, crying, âHosanna to the Son of David!â (Matthew 21:15). This upsets the religious leaders, so they say to Jesus, âDo You hear what they are saying?â Jesus then gives us this revelation:
âYes. Have you never read, âOut of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praiseâ?â (verse 16)
Where the psalmist said, âYou have ordained strength,â Jesus said, âYou have perfected praise.â So, we get a simple, direct inference. The âordained strengthâ of Godâs people in battle is âperfected praise.â God has made it possible for us to silence the devil and all his evil spirits by perfect praise. As âbabes and infants,â if we will but praise God perfectly, out of our mouths will come forth a weapon that silences the devil. And God will be glorified.
Prayer response
Thank You, Lord. I give You praise. I proclaim that by my âperfected praise,â I silence the devil and glorify God. I shall continually offer up a sacrifice of praise. Amen.
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