Psalm 24:1-2, 7-8 The Splendour of God

The earth is the LORD's and all its fullness,

The world and those who dwell therein.

For He founded it upon the seas,

And established it upon the waters.

Lift up your heads, O you gates!

And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!

And the King of glory shall come in.

Who is this King of glory?

The LORD strong and mighty,

The LORD mighty in battle.

Psalm 24:1-2, 7-8 NKJV

If an army of 75 soldiers were facing a horde of 10,000 soldiers on a battlefield, they'd have to be lunatics not to be afraid. For all their posturing and nerve, it is a forgone conclusion it will be a slaughter.

Ever wonder why you wrestle to pray? Ever wonder why your prayer life is limp and boring? Let me suggest perhaps it is because you have not be reading your bible. Perhaps you have not been reflecting on the fact that the Great Glory of God commands 10,000 times 10,000 angelic hosts. He, Who by His Word created the heavens and the earth, can with one word defeat and uncreate any and every enemy and army!

Greater is He Who lives in you (The Spirit of the God of Glory) than he who is in the world! (I John 4:4). Even when you stand by yourself against your peer group, against co-workers bent on evil, or wherever you find yourself confronting evil--God is the Greater. He is already on victory parade leading His troops to their eternal victory in the new heavens and new earth. Stand your ground. To live is Christ, to die is gain!

Break open my hard heart, Spirit of the Living God, smash it open. Sledgehammer into me the terrific, pounding splendour of the LORD. Scrape the dullness from these glazed eyes so that I will see the majesty of God's victory in Jesus Christ. As the victory drumbeat sounds move me to join the train of His victory parade as His followers are led to the New Heaven and New Earth where sin and death are no more! Hallelujah! Amen.