Fight with Praise

Judges 1:1-2 1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? 2 And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. Who shall go up first to fight? Judah! Judah represents praise, and you can never go wrong with praise! When you're not sure what to do, praise. When you are afraid, praise. When you are confused, praise. We enter His courts with praise (Psalm 100:4), and we also use praise as a weapon against the enemy. Praise will flatten walls, and open prisons. The enemy's attack against us almost always targets our praise. If he can steal our praise, he can render us ineffective. If faith is our shield, then praise is our hand grenades that sends the devil running. The devil knew that his plan had failed when Job still had a praise even after losing almost everything and everyone. What a strange sight it must be to the enemy when Israel sent Judah out first. Let's confound the devil today with a shout of praise!