Policemen in a certain town were called to a house where people were found to be stealing possessions from that house. Surprisingly, the policemen stayed on the footpath outside of the house and began to sing about the authority that had been given to them to arrest lawbreakers. As they declared their authority to one another, the robbers completed the task at hand of robbing the house of all its possessions and departed the scene.
This illustration is taken from a book written by YWAMer Dean Sherman called Spiritual Warfare For Every Christian. He goes on to say how we in the Christian world talk about authority and sing about …
I will never forget the lady who came to me one day to talk about some difficulties she was having with her son. It soon emerged that the bigger problem she was having, was that of accepting herself and realising she was a person of great value. The breakthrough came when I told her how special she was because she was unconditionally loved by God, and was of great value because God created her, and that He would never make “junk”, and even more He sent Jesus to die for her.