The Rules of Engagement

Gearing Up for Battle

written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.” Praise is also God’s will for us (1 Thess. 5:18), and when we are walking in the will of God, we are assured victory. Dance Judges 5:18–22 shows us how the people of God used dancing in the heat of battle: Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. Then were the horse hoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. Clapping For this weapon, we get a direct command from the Lord in Ezekiel 6:11: “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Strike your hands together” (niv). Stomping/marching The story of the children of Israel and the wall of Jericho is the perfect example of how effective stomping and marching is to our spiritual warfare. (See Joshua 6:1–21.) The second part of Ezekiel 6:11 provides a complementary cross-reference, telling us to “stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.” Shouting This weapon also has its origin in the battle of Jericho. When Joshua shouted, the walls of Jericho collapsed. (See Joshua 6:1–21.) Music Second Kings 3:15–19 says, “But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon

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