The enemy is after your joy, because your joy is where the battle is already decided. A word on praising before the breakthrough and laughing in the face of the fight.
When trouble hits the finances, the home, or the body, our mood is usually the first thing to change. We grow aggressive, or heavy, or afraid, and the joy quietly drains away. That is no accident. The one thing the enemy is truly after is your peace and your joy, because he knows what they protect.
Look at how heaven responds to the schemes of the proud: the One seated above simply laughs. Not because the threat is imaginary, but because the victory is already settled. Remember the army of Judah in Second Chronicles, sent into battle singing — and God set the ambush while they praised.
So look at the challenge in front of you and refuse to hand it your joy. Laugh in faith. Begin to praise before you see the change. That attitude of worship is not denial; it is the very thing that turns the battle, because the God who laughs at the storm already lives inside of you.
“He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.”
What this stirred in you.
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