JUST PRAISE!

Hello Darlings!

I’m going to get spiritual with you today.

We’ve come to the end of the year 2016. We’re in the final month. This month - in fact, this particular day - will never come again. This is the day The Lord has made and let us learn to rejoice and be glad in it.

This year, we’ve asked, we’ve prayed, we’ve hoped, we’ve waited, we’ve believed, we’ve fasted. Now, I want to challenge us all to do one thing for the rest of this month; PRAISE.

Just praise; sing, dance, clap your hands. Go back to the days you were a care-free, worry-free child and capture that spirit once more. Don’t ask or plead for anything from God, just praise Him. Free your hearts of every worry (I know it’s easier said than done) but why not try it and see? What do you have to lose by spending the remaining days of this month praising God?

I’ve decided to do that. Spend the rest of the year just praising Him. Usually by this time of the year, I’m assessing my whole year, many times with desperation, worry and concern because I want God to quickly answer ALL my prayers so I can gladly say “Everything I wanted, God did for me this year”.  But the funny thing is God does EVERYTHING for us ,maybe it didn’t come in the shape/manner we wanted, so we didn’t recognise it and instead, keep wearing the sad face of “Why can’t God just answer me?!” I can imagine God shaking His head, sighing and saying “One day, very soon I hope, she/he will understand that the prayer has already been answered”.

True, you might not have that car right now, or buy that house, or have that life partner, or that child, or see the money in your account, or get that job etc, but God is always on time, He’s always working behind the scenes. We’re the ones who keep thinking “Time is going!” “Time has gone!” “Everyone has it already! Why am I different?!” Believe me, when God finally unwraps the gift He has been specially putting together for you, you’d wish you had praised and thanked Him a lot more. Why not start now?

This time, let’s do it differently, let’s put aside that long list of prayer requests (whether physical or mental list), put on our dancing shoes and give ourselves a holiday gift:  Sing. Clap. Dance. Repeat.

Just praise Him.

 Psalm 150 puts it beautifully.

 

My Darlings,  join the new trend, get registered with the Soldiers Of Praise. Put on your dancing shoes and Praise Him like your life depends on it. Wake up every morning with a song of praise in your heart, spend the day singing His glory, go to bed at night humming songs of worship. Forget about what ails your heart and mind. JUST PRAISE HIM!  

God inhabits the praises of His people.

Have a Happy Week Dears!