The new Breakthrough Sound

Have you sensed the shift? Had you felt the breakthrough? We have stepped into our new land, now is the time to possess it. It seems that the type of warfare that we are to fight with has transitioned into appropriating and appreciating the victory, won for us by Our Lord.

I have been hearing words about a new sound. These are the sounds of the Lord’s people in unity, in one accord. It is the sound of praising, worshiping, and of laughter. Yes, I did say laughter. It seems to be a word that echoes thru everything I am hearing and reading. Most of these words are based on the scripture that the Lord laughs at the enemy.

At a recent Aglow meeting, the speaker, Ruby Parks shared her testimony. In the midst of this she told of a time when it seemed that her family was really being attacked spiritually. She and her husband agreed it was time (again) to fast and pray for breakthrough. The Lord spoke to her heart and said that it was not time to fast but rather they were entering into a season where they were to laugh thru the trial. Her recounting of how the Lord moved powerfully thru their obedience was amazing.

There is a book by Steve Backlund called "Possessing Joy" that has so many interesting facts about laughter that I just cannot share them all here! A few tidbits are the doctor who spent most of his life’s work proving that laughter and feeling positive had well, positive affects on his and the patients in the studies health. There is the woman who laughed her way to losing 35 lbs. It wasn’t a diet of laughter; it was a substitution of laughter instead of whatever food or substance she had used before to self-medicate the pain inside. She committed to laughing from 30 seconds to 5 minutes a day. Soon she started feeling better, wanted to exercise and be healthier overall and just plain enjoyed life more.

There are studies that had patients watch comedy for an hour and tested their antibodies before and after. The results were astounding! Ok no more stories, you just have to get the book! Ok, here is one last fact from it, this one regarding how much we laugh. Did you know that children laugh about 400 times a day and adults maybe 15 in the same 24 hours? That can’t be a good thing! Jesus does say to be like the children, could it have been that laughter is one part of what He was directing us to do, as well as being more trusting, open honest, etc.?

If God laughs at His enemies and sees all of their efforts as futile, should we not do the same? Let us use such a powerful tool as much as we possibly can, for our health both spiritually and physically! Come on! Let’s do it!! My favorite line from Steve’s books is “I laugh uproariously at the lies of the enemy” Let us laugh hard, often and together!!