"I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; the humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the LORD with me and let us exalt His name together." Psalm 34:1-3 NKJV
Have you ever just come before the Lord and just praised Him, nothing else? What I mean is, have you ever just sat or knelt and without asking for anything, just praised Him? Have you ever just sat before the Lord without saying a word and just listened for Him to speak to You?
These are difficult things to do. Our natural urge is to speak to God, to praise Him yes, but also to pour out our prayer requests and our pleas for mercy when we have let Him down badly. To just come before Him without any agenda; without saying anything, can be alien to our thinking at times. It takes discipline. Try it and see.
David trained himself in this discipline and he determined to bless and praise the Lord at all times; in fact, praise would always be in his mouth. David trained every part of his body, soul and spirit to be disciplined and submitted to God. This didn't come easy for him. He had many struggles with life; many difficulties with people and many people wanting to harm him. But, he put God first and realised that, without Him, he was nothing.
Think about that statement for a moment, we are nothing without God. We have no future, no protection or certainty in life. It is a minefield out there and there are a few who do not like us, even though we have never done anything to cause this. It's just life. Rather like a computer program that runs continually in the background to make if effective, God works in the background of our lives. He sees what we can't see and hears what we miss. If we allow Him, He is our planner; our manager and our protector. We can not exist without Him (John 15:5).
Therefore, why not take a day off asking God for something and doing all of the talking. Why not set aside a day to just sit and praise Him, listen to Him and relax in His goodness and His peace. It beats a day by the pool with your favourite drink, in fact, it beats anything you could ever think of. You will be sitting at the feet of your God, your friend and your daddy. Nothing could ever top that. Try it very soon.
Copyriight 2021 Grahame Howard
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