Write Your Own Praise Song!

Thursday greetings J

Yesterday’s DEVO ended with a verse from the mighty praise song the Israelites sang when the enemy was finally defeated – a verse we joyously prayed over ourselves. 

But there is another noteworthy passage in the song that proclaims, “Jael, the wife of Heber, the Kenite, most blessed of women is she, favored above all women who dwell in tents! Sisera asked for water, and she gave him milk in a dish fit for lords. And then she took a tent peg in her left hand and a worker’s hammer in her right, and she struck Sisera.  She broke and battered his head; she pierced his temple, and he dropped dead (Judges 5:24-27).” 

Jael was from a culture that placed a high premium on men and their war skills.  Women and their courage and their willingness to fight – well, not so much.  But our Lord is clearly showing us that anyone, women included, can bring victory.  You just have to be willing to get in the fight.  And when you do, a song might be written about it.  Maybe not everyone will know it, but those most important to you will.

In fact, if ever there were a praise song written about me, I would like it to say:

“Yenise, wife of Jorge, the New Jerseyan, most blessed of women is she, favored above all women who live in Westchester.  The enemy came close to her dwelling, and she met him head on.  He tempted her and her family, and she prayed for them not to fall for it.  Then she chose prayer as a way of life for every single obstacle and trouble that headed their way, and she struck that enemy down.  She broke every single plan he had for destruction in the mighty name of Jesus, and victory was hers and her family’s!”

Happy dance time!

Now go write your own praise song!