Let the praises of God be in their mouth. Psalm 149:6, NKJV.
TOO OFTEN INSTEAD OF TAKING OUR PRAISE TO GOD, WE TAKE OUR PROBLEMS TO HIM, AS IF HE DOESNT KNOW WHAT WORRY US UNTIL WE TELL HIM. BELOVED, GOD KNOWS WHAT WORRY US MORE THAN OURSELVES.
WHAT GETS HIS ATTENTION TO ATTEND TO OUR NEED, IS OUR PRAISE ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF TROUBLE AND NOT OUR COMPLAINTS
Acts 16:25-26 says “And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed”
IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE TO PRAISE WHEN WE ARE IN TROUBLE BUT THAT IS WHAT GETS THE ATTENTION OF GOD. PAUL AND SILAS HAD BEEN BEATEN AND THROWN INTO JAIL EVEN FOR DOING WHAT WAS RIGHT. THEY HAD EVERY LEGITIMATE RIGHT TO COMPLAIN BUT THEY KNEW GOD HAD SEEN WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THEM, SO THEY CHOSE TO PRAISE HIM.
BELOVED, INCESSANT COMPLAINTS RATHER THAN PRAISE, SHOW OUR LACK OF TRUST IN GOD. GOD IS NOT THAT WICKED TO LET DOWN THOSE WHO TRUST HIM. LET HIS PRAISE BE IN OUR MOUTHS ESPECIALLY IN DIFFICULT TIMES, AND HE WILL COME TO OUR AID.
IT IS NOT EASY, AND IT MAY ACTUALLY NOT MAKE SENSE TO PRAISE GOD IN TIMES OF PAIN AND DIFFICULTIES BUT IT SHOWS GOD WE TRUST HIM AND THIS GETS HIS ATTENTION TO JUMP TO OUR AID. LETS TRY IT AND SEE, A PLEASANT WEEK TO US AND GOD BLESS US ALL.
Source: newsthemegh.com