“The Sacrifice of Praise” - Its key I believe.
It was only a line in a song this morning but I noticed that God wants me to pay close attention. When receiving an email today, which helped me to let go of last remaining hopes for the broken off relationship, painful though good, it came to my mind again. It was not about how I felt; it was just that I knew it was the thing to do: to praise HIM.
God is good, I declare itHe is faithful, I declare itHe is sovereign, I declare itHe has done great things for me
God is mighty, I praise HimHe is merciful, I praise HimHe is awesome, I praise HimHe is precious to me
God, Author of Life, I trust youAuthor of Salvation, I rejoiceAuthor and Perfecter of my faithGod Adonai, I follow you
Praise, an offering most valuable to God but also a sacrifice; giving up my self-focus, surrendering my dreams and my life to His will and a letting go.
I entrust him to take care of all that has to be done in and for me, and focus on Him and His kingdom.
from Timely Insights into God's Word from Khandielese Reyes
It is easy to give praise and thanks to God when you have everything, when all is going well and you lack nothing. But the true challenge is offering up that praise and worship to God when you have NOTHING! When you cannot even see at all a way out! When the blessing appears so far down the road it seeps into the realm of impossibility in the Natural. If you can STILL WORSHIP THE LORD WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING, when you are still suffering, when your body is filled with pain and your heart is aching over a loved one, when your pockets are empty and the bills are mounting, when you’re lonely and desiring a companion, when you seem to be attacked on all sides,
IF you can STILL WORSHIP THE LORD when all you have is your FAITH while seeing no physical evidence of change, when all you know is that HE SAID, thus HE WILL DO IT according to HIS WORD, then the sound that comes forth from your lips beloved are that of a TRUE WORSHIPER and the Lord will SURELY bless you , for THIS my dear brothers and sisters IS “THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE.”
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