Babe Praise
Psalms 8:2 KJV
(2) Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
After nine + months and 24 hours of labor our firstborn son was finally making his way into the world. As his head first crowned and then was introduced to fresh air, he didn’t wait for the bottom swat to take his first breath and begin declaring his feelings to the world. Before he was even completely delivered we were blessed with the sound of his heart’s expression and the demonstration of God’s incredible excellent handiwork. This sound made an immediate direct connection to our hearts that has grown ever more precious through the years with the addition of language and song. There was something, though, about those first few months before words could express thoughts, desires, refusals and agreements that his voice could still communicate. We began to learn by his voice whether he was hungry, needed changed or was just happy. Unhindered or influenced by the limitations of language or any of the emotions that have since come with his life experience, there was a very pure and honest expression of exactly what was wanted and expected. In this uncompromised and uncorrupted communication of his heart or spirit was a demonstration of the sound of praise, where the likeness of His heavenly Father was best expressed and the strength of his spirit knew no fear or inhibition.
There is a sound that repels an enemy and withstands the advances of an advancing foe. It is that sound that rises up directly from the spirit as Haydn’s infant voice, unhindered by fear or uncertainty, to boldly declare, without veil, the exact intentions and desires of the heart. Where the Word gives substance to this expression, there is an ability to amplify and implement the very heart of God in declaring his purpose, an ability that has been taken on and possessed in meditation and in worship. As in that moment when life in Christ was in its first moments, when there was an invincible ability to believe and declare things that were quite extraordinary, it is possible for every day to be a renewal and rebirth into that same incredible place where all the cares of life are cast off and nothing is too difficult for our caring Father. This sound is a praise sound where an overcoming God full of power and glory comes to dwell. While the words may be right, though, and while the mind may be filled with ingested phrases, it will only be those eruptions that, childlike, come directly and purely from the spirit that are given enemy destroying significance.
The oncoming enemies of this day can be met with an expression that is praise. It won’t be by power of by might, but it will be by the Spirit residing in babe praise that their intentions will be quelled. Like eagles, there can be a return to youth, where all is new and everything seems small and doable far below restored wings. An eruption of pure and unhindered praise will take us to a place where needs are met, mouths are fed, bodies are healed, and minds are at peace. There, in stillness and rest, the salvation of the Lord will be seen.
Mark 10:15 KJV
(15) Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Matthew 21:16 KJV
(16) And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
