Psalms 67:5-7 ‘ Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
DAILY READING – • Acts 2:1-13; Deuteronomy 13-14; Job 10
In December 1997 Newsweek magazine carried the fascinating story of Karen Hartley, who was lost in a snowy night, but survived from freezing to death through dancing all through the night. On 24th December 1997, during a skiing trip, 32 years old Karen skied out of bounds at the ski resort where she was holidaying and became trapped in a gully. Her husband noticing her prolonged absence reported her missing just before 8 p.m that day. Immediately search crews went out to look for her and combed the region searching for her. However, High winds erased any tracks that could have led them to finding her. Though the crew searched frantically, eventually the bad weather forced a halt in the search. And so that Christmas eve, Karen found herself stranded and alone in the snow. As the darkness and cold of night descended, she wondered how she would survive the freezing cold night. What came to her was to dance so as to keep warm. And so Karen stayed under a large tree for shelter, and spent that Christmas Eve night in frigid temperatures singing Christmas carols and dancing throughout the night. Though she felt very weak and tired and several times wanted to curl up into a fetal position to rest or sleep, however she knew doing that would have caused her to freeze to death. So, instead, she chose to dance all night. The decision to keep singing and dancing saved her from freezing to death. And early Thursday morning, on Christmas day Rescue helicopters spotted her in the steep gully, and she was rescued.
In Acts 16, Paul and Silas found themselves in such cold night season. They found themselves surrounded by obstacles. Rather than lie down in sorrow and despair they decided to sing praises to God in the midst of their trouble. As they focused on God’s glory and greatness, God came in His might and power and rescued them. They would have given into complaints and depression rather they chose to sing and praise God despite their situation.
Perhaps despite the many wonderful prophesies spoken over you this year, you are yet to see the full fulfillment of those prophesies. Or perhaps instead of the promised blessings you have found yourself rather in a contrary situation that looks like a cold and night season. Well, you have a choice you could chose to lie down in sorrow to become depressed and oppressed or you could switch to praise and dancing for a speedy rescue and forceful turnaround.
It will take praise for the earth to yield any harvest. Psalms 67:5-7 says ‘Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase’
Praise is the platform through which God intervenes in the affairs of our lives. To see prophecies fulfilled without sweat and to secure God’s presence, we must engage in praise as a lifestyle, God will only come down in response to our praises. That means, to experience full delivery of prophecies we must engage in praise warfare. (Psalm 22:3).
As the year is about to round up, any unfulfilled prophesy can still be brought to speedy fulfillment and manifestation through praise. To enforce our harvest and experience a forceful turnaround, praise is the sickle. Every seed delivers on praise.
Therefore instead of dwelling on negative thoughts, turn up your praise. Learn to bless God at all times. When you learn to give God praise in the cold and night seasons of life, your victory is sure. It doesn’t matter how big that obstacle is, you and God are a majority. He will always cause you to triumph! If you’ll dig your heels in and offer up that sacrifice of praise, God promises He will show up for your rescue. No matter how cold or dark the night, through praise you are coming out of every pit, you are coming out victorious. As you engage the weapon of high praises to secure God’s presence into your circumstances, every mourning shall be turned into dancing for you in Jesus Name!
PRAYER: Father I thank You for granting me amazing testimonies as I engage the sickle of praise for the speedy delivery of my harvest. Every word of prophesy spoken over me this year must find speedy fulfilment in Jesus Name.
QUOTE; For you to enjoy victory in The Kingdom of God, you need to develop a kingdom mind, that thinks in line with The Word of God. – WORDBITE 222.