PRAISE HIM IN ALL THINGS
Rev DL Whittaker, Washington
Giving God praise is probably one of the easiest things we Christians can do, and yet we make such hard work out of it. Why is that?
Excuses come to play in a big way
here. We've all been guilty of not praising God when we knew we should
have, because we were tired, we really didn't want to be in church, we had a
fight with our mate, our kids, our parents, our boss, etc. It just isn't an
appropriate time for me to praise. If the aforementioned things are, or have
been happening, then, by all means, get with it folks, there's some catching up
to do big time. Praise God in ALL things!
Someone might say,
"I don't want to do that” - “He hasn't answered all my prayers” or
“He owes me.” SHAME ON YOU! Just the fact that you are breathing
should make you want to praise Him.
Do you realize that
No Good Thing has been withheld from you, because God loves you. Do you
realize that when you come to the mountain, and you look at its ruggedness, its
height, and you say, "I can't climb it" - He takes you by the hand
and gets you up and over it without major catastrophe.
Of course you can't
make it on your own, silly, we all know we need help everyday. Just because you
needed help with the mountain, the valley, etc, didn't, or doesn't now make you
a failure!
I can't find room
to write all the goodness that has been mine over the years. It would take more
time than you, or I have in a lifetime. Even when I didn't deserve it, He loves
you - and He will never fail you.
My
easiest praise of course, is with my music. There I can be me, and when I am
worshipping Him at the piano, I just seem to get lost in it all. He
taught me how to play, and I have always known that if I don't use it, He will
give the ability to someone else, and I would be the loser. Worship and praise
sets the whole tone of a service, making it easier for pastor to do his work in
the pulpit, etc. It brings unity. and I can think of no better way for people
to get close to God, and one another, than through praise and worship. If
you're not praising God, then you need to find out why. Try it, you might like
it. In All Things Give Thanks for This Is The Will Of God concerning
you.
God
Bless You,
