Praise Him for His mighty works; Praise Him for His marvelous grace.
Let
all that is within me praise His wonderful name. Yes, let my heart be lifted up in
thanksgiving, and let my soul rejoice with song. For He has delivered me out of
the lion's mouth. He has lifted me out of the pit. He has put a song in my
mouth. He has put gladness in my heart. Yes, he is altogether lovely. More than
tongue can express or finite mind can know. For he has stretched forth His
mighty hand and smitten the waters. He has made me to pass through dry-shod. Hallelujah! For there is will be not more sea.
(See Revelation 21:1.)
There
will be no more separation! He has removed every barrier. He has bridged the gulf.
he has drawn me unto Himself, yes, into Himself. He has left the enemy in
confusion and defeat. He has led me through the way of wilderness, and his hand
has been a shade from the burning heat. Thought the barren wasteland, he has
filled my cup from living streams. He has sustained, He has delivered, He has
revealed Himself in a cloud, in the fire, and in the Shekinah Glory. Lo, as if this has not been enough, He brought
me to the banks of Jordan .
He did precede me. For as the priests went first, bearing the
ark, So He did pass ahead in pull possession of all His promises, and thus he
opened my way and brought me into the land that flows with milk and honey. (See Joshua 3:16-17; 4:24.) A land of promise,
a land of fulfillment; a land of conquest, a land of victory, a land of
abundance; a land of fatness, a land of unreserved blessing. Yes, he has been unperturbed, through the
inhabitant of the land be giants; for in His sight they be grasshoppers! And
one with Him shall be mightier than them all. Yes, and he shall give me Hebron for the inheritance. Let me not camp
in the plain; but give me this mountain, for though my youth was spent in the wilderness,
let my strength be renewed. Let my arm be mighty in battle. (See Joshua 4:10-14.) For surely for his hour
have you preserved my life. As sheep You
led us through the wilderness, but now, O God, we stand in the Land; as sheep
no longer, nor you as Shepherd, But you stand before us as the Mighty Captain of
the Hosts of the Almighty and we as men of war. (See Joshua 5:13-15.) We seek
no longer to rest in green pastures and lie besides still waters; for you have
issued your command to wipe out the giants, and to utterly destroy the
inhabitant of the land. Your provisions
are full and free and abundant; but they are not uncontested. Yes the enemy seeks by myriad means to resist
our every move toward conquest and possession. Strengthen
Our Faith. Make us mighty through
God for the pulling down of strongholds. Let us bind on the full armor of God that we
may be able to withstand the attacks of the adversary, and that we may be the
energy of Your Holy Spirit. Deliver to him deathblows. (See Ephesians
6:10-17.) Suffer us never to fall into
his hands. Fight for us; and in your
grace and mercy, Sustain us when we waver. Be ever close at our side, and forbid that we
leave the job unfinished as did Israel
of old, and thereby suffer untold anguish.
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