These days when we hear about the warfare of worship, we think about the warfare over worship styles, music styles, methods of worship, etc. However, those are mere results of the true warfare. The church has been under attack for the last few years. Satan would seek to disturb and corrupt the worship of the church so we are distracted from seeking God with all our hearts in worship, keeping us from knowing His heart for mission to our world.
2 Cor. 10:3-5 tells us that the war is a spiritual war and we must use spiritual weapons. "For we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ . . . "
We need to understand the impact that true worship can have in the spiritual realm. Some people have trouble believing that music and worship actually do battle in the spiritual realm as indicated in Scripture. Because we can't see what is going on in the spiritual realm, we have to trust God's Word. The last thing satan wants is for God's people to be awakened to the fact that God is on a mission to grow His Church into fully devoted worshippers and followers of Christ, joining Him in His mission to the world. Pray that we as a church will pray and worship in such a way that we gain victory over satan, resulting in the greatest giving of ourselves and our offerings to His Mission! mjm
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