Fight song – Worship that opens doors
As I sat in Church waiting for the service to start
I felt imprisoned by my own thoughts of worry
The ‘what if’s’ and ‘maybe’s’
Swimming around in my head
Wondering if everything will be okay
Then
Worship started
And instantly I felt God’s peace flood my heavy heart
I raised my hands in worship
Which opened the door that led me into a deeper level of God’s peace and love
This was my fight song
WORSHIP THAT OPENS DOORS
Some days we feel so free that we’re dancing on a mountain top
While other days we can feel shackled to the curve balls that life throws at us
This is when you need to find your fight song
Just like Paul and Silas in Acts chapter 16
If ever there were two people who needed a fight song
It was them
‘It’s midnight. In the darkness of their cell, Paul and Silas-after surviving the severe beating-aren’t moaning and groaning; they’re praying and singing hymns to God.’ Acts 16:25, (The Voice Bible)
Imagine, sitting in a chamber of darkness
Shackled by your ankles, after receiving various forms of torture
Removed from society and thrust into a foul-smelling dungeon of neglect
Mocked by the jailers because of your faith
Confined to an underworld that resembled the gates of Hell
You’d feel like moaning and groaning in those conditions, right?
But like Paul and Silas
These are the moments that you find your fight song
When the stench of fear is all around you
When you’re imprisoned in a cell that has no way out
So, what’s a fight song
And how does it change things?
Glad you asked
A fight song is where you start to pray and sing, so the ground begins to shake
A fight song is one that makes the very foundations of your prison cell crack wide open
Worshipping during your worries
Worshipping through your storm
Opens the door to your freedom
Because your fight song let’s the enemy know
That God is fighting for you
‘The prisoners in adjoining cells are wide awake, listening to them pray and sing. Suddenly the ground begins to shake, and the prison foundations begin to crack. You can hear the sound of jangling chains and the squeak of cell doors opening. Every prisoner realises that his chains have come unfastened.’ Acts 16:25-26
Did you catch that?
The other prisoners heard Paul and Silas praying and singing
Even though their situation seemed hopeless
They worshipped
When you start to worship God during your most painful, hopeless circumstances
Your fight song becomes so powerful, that people will listen to it and their chains will break off too
If that was the end of the story in Acts chapter 16
Then we’d be satisfied
Paul and Silas would escape from the prison, and they would have their freedom
Hoorah!
But it’s not the end of the story
Say what?
It gets better
Paul and Silas’ fight song singing, not only rocks the jail’s foundations like the volume at an AC/DC concert
And snapped the shackles around prisoner’s ankles like it was made from Lego
The best bit is that it
It made their mockers and jeerers fall to their knees
‘The jailer sends his assistants to get some torches and rushes into the cell of Paul and Silas. He falls on his knees before them, trembling. Then he brings them outside. “Gentlemen, please tell me, what must I do to be liberated?” Acts16:29
This jailer experienced the power of a fight song
And witnessed worship that opened a door
To his redemption
That’s how powerful a fight song can be!
So sing your worship / fight song out loud
Lift your hands in worship
To a God who has the power to break open doors and set you free
Wendy xo