Psalm 33:1-3 “Sing joyfully to the Lord, you the righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skilfully, and shout for joy.”

Psalm 149 “Let them praise his name with dancing..”

A couple months ago I attended a women’s convention in Boston, MA. It was there that God showed me what a worship attack was. Throughout the first conferences I sat in my seat along with the other women of my group. We laughed when appropriate, clapped when told to, sang and danced when everyone else did.

It was then that God spoke to my heart; to praise Him in a manner that was my own. Not caring who or what was surrounding me. That there is a unique and special worship style inside of each of us, so powerful it could change my life completely.

Something we need to understand is that God WANTS from us. Luke 4:23 says “Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

God wants constant praise, honor and worship from us. Not making exceptions regarding our situations or circumstances．This isn’t because He thinks we have nothing better to do, but because He knows the power in praise and worship. King David also knew this, but do we? This type of attack can be like a counterattack on the enemy himself.

As I sat in my chair I realized that God wanted to change something in me. God doesn’t want us to panic and worry (see Luke 12:22-24). God wanted to change my panic attacks, my worrying, my problems and all the attacks to my life and heart into worship attacks. It was there that I began to shout and dance and praise like I never have before. I couldn’t stop, the Holy Spirit didn’t let me stop. I didn’t care that people stared. I didn’t care if they thought I was strange, but there was something transformed inside of me that needed to come out. It felt as if the enemy was sitting there watching me as I praised God in my own way, and boy was he bothered by it.

An authentic worship attack is that song of praise, that special dance, that shout inside of you. Its that action in response to God’s greatness and that violence and bravery in you to defeat your enemies. God showed me that not only have I been helping my enemies by accepting his attacks in my life, but also that He wanted to replace them with a different attack. One that could reflect His greatness and power in me.

I am not ashamed of God, I am not ashamed of the gospel and I am certainly not ashamed to have been diagnosed with continuous Worship Attacks are you?

Filed under: Better Living, Reflections, Worship by Ruth Palacios