Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Praise is what I do....

Psalm 95New King James Version (NKJV)

A Call to Worship and Obedience
95 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
3 For the Lord is the great God,
And the great King above all gods.
4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth;
The heights of the hills are His also.
5 The sea is His, for He made it;
And His hands formed the dry land.
6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
7 For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep of His hand.
Today, if you will hear His voice:
8 “Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion,[a]
As in the day of trial[b] in the wilderness,
9 When your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they saw My work.
10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’”

We must worship God at all times. There is a song called, "Praise is what I do". The song writer pens what I think is the epitome of Jehovah Jirah' s desire for our worship.

Praise is what I do
When I want to be close to you
I lift my hands in praise
Praise is who I am
I will praise him while I can
I'll bless, him at, all times
And I vow to praise you
Through the good and the bad
I'll praise you
Whether happy or sad
I'll praise you
In all that I go through
Because praise is what I do
'Cause I owe it all to you

Praise is what I do
Even when I'm going through
I've learned to worship you
Know my circumstance
Doesn't even stand a chance
My praise outweighs the bad
And I vow to praise you
Through the good and the bad
I'll praise you
Rather happy or sad
I'll praise you
In all that I go through
Because praise is what I do
'Cause I owe it all to you

Praise is what I do
Is what I do

We must praise YahWeh in all we do, all the time. In other words, we should be in constant praise of the love, grace, mercy, joy, peace and forgiveness of the Lord. When we strive for this state of being,  this lifestyle, we by default reduce the amount of time we have to dwell on our problems in a negative light, idleness, and other things that drive wedges between us and God.

By no means am I saying this makes life easy-peasy. However, Scripture says: Psalm 27:1 "The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear"? This means that in nothing we go through in life, good bad or indifferent, are we alone. The Lord is with us always, until the end of time. Fear nothing, for victory is His. Thus, we should spend our time praising Him and not waddling in our problems, fears, struggles. Praise YahWeh all day and everyday . Amen

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