Willie Myrick was kidnapped from his driveway when he was 9 years old. For hours, he traveled in a car with his kidnapper, not knowing what would happen to him. During that time, Willie decided to sing a song called Every Praise. As he repeatedly sang the words, his abductor spewed profanity and told him to shut up. Finally, the man stopped the car and let Willie outunharmed.
As Willie demonstrated, truly praising the Lord requires us to concentrate on Gods character while forsaking what we fear, what is wrong in our lives, and the self-sufficiency in our hearts.
The Israelites reached this place of surrender when they faced attackers. As they prepared for battle, King Jehoshaphat organized a choir to march out in advance of their enemys army. The choir sang, Praise the Lord, for His mercy endures forever (2 Chron. 20:21). When the music started, Israels enemies became confused and destroyed each other. As the prophet Jahaziel had predicted, Israel didnt need to fight at all (v.17).
Whether were facing a battle or feeling trapped, we can glorify God in our hearts. Truly, The Lord is great and greatly to be praised (Ps. 96:4).
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Amen!
There was another case like the one you described with an adult woman who was able to convince her attacker to give himself up! (I don’t remember the details)