Offering Praise

It is a wonderful day to be able to offer praises to our God. Each day brings various blessings into our lives but there are those special days in our lives in which God provides marvelous and powerful answers to prayer. Each of us have lived through those days in which we have identified the revelation of the presence of God in the midst of the difficulties of life. Each of us has lived through those days in which our faith led us to look beyond our load of cares, struggles, trials, battles, etc. and look directly into the promises of God that are found written in His Word. 

My wife and I have had many of those afore mentioned days in which we were facing various struggles both personally as well as ministerially but the presence of God knew our location and He was aware of our situation. But He did not leave us without hope or without comfort. Rather He chose to come along side of us at that particular moment and provide the strength, courage, vision, answer, etc. that we needed. It is during those moments that an extra burst of praise would come rushing out of our soul and heart. We would discover ourselves lifting our voices with words such as "Thank You Jesus, Hallelujah, Praise God, God You are worthy of our praise, etc." Yesterday during prayer I was reminded of three specific times in our lives in which God's plan was completely opposite of the opinion of man. NOTE: There have been MANY OCCASIONS in which God has worked in our lives but God took me down memory lane to revisit those specific events in  our lives. I believe He chose that route so that He could remind me that "Life is not over until He says it is over." FYI: We received an answer to prayer on Monday after Ann underwent a medical procedure. Let me remind you once more that GOD DOES ANSWER PRAYER!!!

I would encourage you today to ask God to remind you of specific events in your life in which God revealed Himself in a miraculous manner. Take those reminders and turn them into a offering of praise. The Spirit placed these words in my heart this morning, "Is it possible that we ask for much yet we offer very little praise in return? I am determined to reverse that course in my life. 

Four (4) different times in Psalm 107 David makes this request to those who would hear his song of praise; “Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!” (Emphasis Added) Will you be one of those individuals that David is referencing in this passage of scripture? God is waiting to hear His people lift their voices of praise even in the midst of our difficulties!!!