At times, you just don't feel like praising God

"I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth."  

                                                                               Psalm 34:1   NKJV 

Sometimes you just don't feel like praising but, do it anyway. This is not hypocrisy, it is breaking through the barrier that Satan is trying to build around you. If he can get you to stop praising, he knows that you'll soon be in his clutches. So keep on praising. This means you're breaking through a stronghold and making a sacrifice of praise to God.

David wrote this Psalm when he was on the run from King Saul, who was wanting to kill him because he was jealous of his popularity. This forced David to find refuge with the Philistines. However, when they discovered who he was, David had to feign insanity in order to protect himself. 

Did David feel like praising God, probably not but he still did and, even went further by writing this Psalm. You see, we need God, we just can't live without Him. When He lives in our hearts we just can't run away. Jonah tried this but,God still followed him, even into the body of a whale and, Jonah had to give in and pray and praise God: ''I cried to the LORD because of my affliction, and He answered me'  Jonah 2:2 (Read this whole section). 

In a way, God had Jonah snookered, there was no way that he was going to get out of this situation. He may have stunk terribly but he had the sense to call on God, he offered a prayer and praise of sacrifice and God heard and answered him. He had let God down terribly but, God is loving and forgives and chooses to forget when we turn back to Him. Probably, you need to come back to Him. He will accept and bless you if you do.

When you just think about that last paragraph, it's enough to praise Him for but, you have so much more in your life to give thanks for. Just think what you have and praise and thank Him for this. There are people in certain countries where praising God is dangerous, even just being a believer, but, they still praise Him. I read recently about a Christian family in North Korea. A bible was found in their house and the two parents and their two year old boy were sent to a labour camp for the rest of their lives. Just think of that and realise that even though this has happened, they will still paise God.

We have so much to thank and praise God for. Make it a No 1 priority in your life.

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