“Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!” - Psalm 150:6 (NIV).
I once got into the middle of a church service. What I witnessed was moving. All hands were raised in a lovely wave of praise. The singing going on was adorable, a chorus of angelic voices, trumpets, drums and flutes. Moved I joined in too.
In the book of Revelation we see that all the saints gather before the Lord and sing praises to him. Thy sing “Worthy are you Lord to receive glory and honor” (Rev 4:18).
But why should we praise God. We praise God for all the good things He has done for us. We acknowledge His presence in our lives and power to direct the course of our lives. Praise also opens doors as the Psalmist says, “Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors,
that the King of glory may come in” ( Psalm 24:7-8)
God is not yearning for praises from mankind. Yet each time we lift up our hands to praise we become of His was wonderful creation. So, why not begin today by praising him
Prayer for Today: Lord Father in heaven, I start today by giving you praise for who you are and your goodness!
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19/04/2024 - 20/04/2024 All day“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland” ( Isaiah 43:19).
Just before fire was unleashed down on Sodom and Gommorah, Lot was told to pack up with his wife and two daughters and leave their homestead. Now, once out of danger, “But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt” ( Gen 19:26). Perhaps here we might pause and ask why she was bothered to look back.
Of course it could have been that old “curiosity killed a cat” mistake! Yet, it could also have been Lot’s wife was not sure where she was going and longed for her old life back. This is a common error. There was nothing stirring to look back. Just before Lot’s neighbors had attacked his house eager to rape his visitors. “They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them” ( vv 5). Was there anything worth looking back to!
The case of Lot’s wife could be anyone else’s experience. The Lord has plucked you out of some mess. You have been delivered to a new life. Yet, somehow you decide to look back, as though there was anything good and worth longing for. Sometimes it is a bitter past you have been delivered from. Other than rejoice in your new blessings you keep being drawn back!
A wise caution goes, “As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly” ( Proverbs 26:11). If the Lord has just led you out of a certain mess why look back like it was much better! Instead look ahead, for “he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past” ( vv 17- 18).
Prayer today: Lord Father God of Abraham, maker of heaven and earth, I thank you for delivering me from the darkness of the past and I look forward to a bright new future in you, this I pray in Jesus’ name!
