"He trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle?"

“Blessed be the LORD my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle-” (Ps. 144:1)
“He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze…” (Ps. 18:34)
Is this just for the courageous men and woman in military? NO! I am convinced that this verse is for the children and the women and the men! This verse is for all of us to invest time in playing music on stringed instruments, and music with the strings of our vocal chords! I am convinced that in the willingness to worship, even in the most pitiful situations, that God renews our strength and lifts us up on wings like eagles.
I know that for the most part, we on average do not ‘feel’ like praising God, or even to spend the time to ‘train our fingers’ on the instruments we have in the house. But if we could only understand the power behind the ‘sacrifice of praise.’
So many times in the Bible we read, “To the Chief Musician with my stringed instruments.” Then there is a cry to the Lord, or a word of adoration to Him who can help.” Yes, NOW is the time to worship.
“He trains my hands for war…” . For the personal ‘wars’ that we are in, we need to take a breath and put vibration on the strings of our vocal chords, we need to train our fingers on the musical instruments. Why?
Because, then we can ‘bend a bow of bronze’. Because then we can ‘sing a new song to You, O God.'(Ps. 144:9)Through the praise we have a new attitude about the troubles that surround us.
Lord, help us to consider the song that we are singing. Maybe it is time for a ‘new song.’
May we bring a ‘sacrifice of praise’ to our Lord today, and be ye transformed by the renewing of our mind! There is power in the song.
We aren’t to drown out our worries and problems with doubt and fear and vices that destroy. We are to be ‘speaking to one another in Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in our hearts to the Lord. Bring a sacrifice of praise to God even if it just a cry of help- there is so much power in this. How do I know?
because…
“Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vine; though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food;… Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.” Hab.3:18