My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. Verse 21
It
is Day 31 of this meditation journey. I am in awe of the things the
Lord taught me. I hope you have a deeper relationship of honor towards
Him by your praise,
your worship, and your declarations of Who He is,
what He has done and is doing. I pray you can trust that He IS for you
and with you.
Of
course, having an entertainment background, my flesh said to me, “You
need a big finish!” as I close these 31 Days of Praise………Ha! Really?
So, has my heart not yet fully understood that HIS glory is paramount?
It’s not about me?
As it turned out, events on my last day of January
prevented me from having my usual study and prayer time, so I could not
post. I was forced to surrender.
My
pride was arrested yesterday, January 31. Yes, I am confessing that I
had a certain pride in having accomplished the discipline of 31 days of
study, meditating, praying and posting. That may seem like an “OK”
attitude to have, right?
It is honorable to keep your promises, say
what you mean and mean what you say, right? (My husband and I remind
one another and our sons of that all the time.)
Yes,
but there was something else going on deeper that was a
distraction…the fact is, I had set myself up for accountability, a “do
or die” situation, and at times during this 31 days, I need to confess,
I was more motivated by concern over my reputation, than love of God
and His Word. Ouch!
I
know many of you can relate. Even the concept of daily devotions and
worship, even with right intentions and pure motives, can become a tool
of the Devil and a stumbling block to true worship when it becomes
another “thing on our to-do list”. Can anybody hear me?
No
wonder the Bible calls our worship a “sacrifice of praise”. I know
I’ve said this before, but it does require putting all else aside to
focus our complete attention on God.
As David so passionately bared his
heart to all of us in this Psalm 145 and in his other psalms, we
would be brought to nothing, utter despair, ruin and ultimate banishment
to the fires of Hell without the overwhelming love, compassion and
provision of Our Creator God, demonstrated through His Precious Son
Jesus Christ, and the guidance of His Holy Spirit.
We have every reason
to abandon ourselves to worship and praise our glorious God! LORD, help us be more like David!
This
morning my eye came across Hebrews 13:15 which jumped out at me in
connection with this final verse of David’s psalm. David declares that
his mouth will speak the praise of God.
And here is what the writer of
Hebrews says :
“Therefore, by Him(Jesus) let us continually offer the
sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving
thanks to His name.”
The Holy Spirit pierced my heart : “Don’t ever let the fruit of your lips become lip service.”
Let those who have ears to hear listen to what the Spirit of God is saying!
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Psalm 150:1
O
Holy God, How you love us! How personally You walk with us! Revive
our hearts once more to love You and live lives which bring You glory
and pleasure! Thank you for always speaking to us through Your Word and
by Your Spirit whispering to our hearts, even when we are stumbling
around in our weaknesses.
I will speak the praise of God forever and
ever. Because of You, I live! Amen!
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