The Drowning-Out Principle

Sunday, December 5, 2021

On Purim, when Haman's name is read, there are noisemakers, groggers, booing, hissing, and stamping of feet, all to drown out the name of Haman. There is something very biblical about this. Haman represents the principle of evil - Satan. How do you fight Satan? Not by dwelling on him but by drowning him out. How do you fight sin, temptation, or gloom? Not by dwelling on them but by drowning them out by producing another sound or doing something spiritual to drown them out. When you complain about a problem, you're actually turning up its volume, actually joining in its chorus and echoing its sound, rather than overcoming it. When you fear the problem and despair over it, you're echoing the sound that you want to disappear. You don't solve the problem by dwelling on the problem. You solve the problem by lifting your eyes off the problem and onto the Answer. The Answer is always God! So, stop listening to Haman and start drowning him out with the presence and joyful noise of the Lord. Make a joyful noise to the Lord and drown sin out! rn

From Message #522 - Drowning Out Haman