Post by Emmanuel A. O. on Feb 14, 2013 0:09:42 GMT 1
Praise is Comely. TEXT: PSALM 106:1-12
“And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. Then believed they his words; they sang his praise” (Psalm 106:10,12).
Praise is the highest form of prayer and there is power in it.
Today’s passage is that of remembrance and of praises to the living God. Israel was called upon to praise God for He is good and His mercy endures for ever. The reasons for praising God were manifestly stated. Whenever Israel forgot the multitudes of the mercies of God, Israel sinned, did wickedly and provoked the Lord through unbelief. God did not leave Israel without a witness. He delivered them from the powerful enemy, from him that kept them under bondage and would have destroyed them. He took them through the Red Sea and the whole multitude went through as on dry ground. Such mighty deliverance demanded praise to God.
Today, we must count our blessings and name them one by one and it will surprise us what the Lord has done. Ungratefulness makes us to forget God’s past mercies and doubt His power to see us through present problems. We must cultivate the habit of listing the mercies and miracles of God in our life and testifying to His goodness in the congregation of the righteous. Praise of God on our lips will bring down Jericho walls, destroy the Assyrian army, make a way through our wilderness and open prison doors. The Praise of God on our lips will torment our tormentors, destroy the confederacy of satanic influence and power arrayed against us and bring down the mighty power of God into our lives. As we praise the Lord, He will remember us and visit us with His abundant salvation.
Thought for the day:
God inhabits the praise of the redeemed.
“And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. Then believed they his words; they sang his praise” (Psalm 106:10,12).
Praise is the highest form of prayer and there is power in it.
Today’s passage is that of remembrance and of praises to the living God. Israel was called upon to praise God for He is good and His mercy endures for ever. The reasons for praising God were manifestly stated. Whenever Israel forgot the multitudes of the mercies of God, Israel sinned, did wickedly and provoked the Lord through unbelief. God did not leave Israel without a witness. He delivered them from the powerful enemy, from him that kept them under bondage and would have destroyed them. He took them through the Red Sea and the whole multitude went through as on dry ground. Such mighty deliverance demanded praise to God.
Today, we must count our blessings and name them one by one and it will surprise us what the Lord has done. Ungratefulness makes us to forget God’s past mercies and doubt His power to see us through present problems. We must cultivate the habit of listing the mercies and miracles of God in our life and testifying to His goodness in the congregation of the righteous. Praise of God on our lips will bring down Jericho walls, destroy the Assyrian army, make a way through our wilderness and open prison doors. The Praise of God on our lips will torment our tormentors, destroy the confederacy of satanic influence and power arrayed against us and bring down the mighty power of God into our lives. As we praise the Lord, He will remember us and visit us with His abundant salvation.
Thought for the day:
God inhabits the praise of the redeemed.