I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
DAILY READING Acts 5:1-16; Deuteronomy 23-24; Job 15
It is said that your attitude determines your aptitude.
Viktor Frankl is the author of the book “Man’s Search for Meaning.” In it he tells of his experiences as an inmate in several of the Nazi death camps during WWII. On 19 October 1944, Frankl was captured with his family and transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The Nazis killed his family in front of him. They cut off his wedding band from his finger, he was tortured and worked to exhaustion. Later he was moved to Kaufering, a camp affiliated with Dachau, on 25 October, where he spent five months working as a slave laborer. In March 1945, he was moved to Türkheim, also affiliated with Dachau, where he worked until 27 April 1945, when the camp was liberated by American soldiers. Frankl’s wife mother, and brother were all murdered at the concentration camps. However Victor instead of becoming bitter decided to become better. Out of his pain and loss, out of the hell of it all, he came away with a deeper faith in God and, ironically, in humanity. When asked how he handled his ordeal in the worst place his response was this: ‘Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: To choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s way’
Indeed one of the greatest limiters or greatest releasers in life is simply your attitude. Ultimately the difference between winners and losers, is the way they view setbacks and adversities. Losers see setback as the end of the road, but winners see it as a bend in the road.
The Bible says in Proverbs 23:7; “For as a man thinks in his heart, so he is…”
We really do have a choice about our attitude. Like the Israelites, after God took them out of Egypt and into the Wilderness, we can be critical and complain about everything that happens to us. Or we can look on the positive side with an attitude of faith that the God who parted the Red Sea is still at work in the world.
The Israelites got really tired of quail and manna after they had tried Manna Soup, Manna & Quail Casserole, Quail & Manna Casserole, Hot & Spicy Shredded Manna, Baked Quail with Sour Manna Sauce, and Sweet & Sour Manna. They got tired and complained of the same food every day, but they had the wrong attitude. They forgot about their life of slavery in Egypt, how bad things had been until God brought deliverance. No matter where we find ourselves in life we should always realize it could have been worse without God’s help. And rather than complain we should make it a habit to praise God in everything, no matter the situation.
1 Thessalonians 5:16 says we should rejoice evermore. In everything we should give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning us.
We need to discipline ourselves to find something in every situation to be thankful to God for.
Psalm 92:1-2 reads, “It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night.” This means we are to praise and thank God day and night. Philippians 4:6 says we are to do everything with prayer and thanksgiving.
Every morning thank God for the day before, praise Him for today and what He is going to do. David committed himself to praise God at all times no matter the situation. David knew how to celebrate God in season and out of season. And so should you! David recognized that by praising God, you make room for Him to come and change the situation and turn it all around to your favor. Because all things work together for good to them that love Him, and they that love Him are those that praise Him. God is God and He is good all the time!
If you are going through a bad situation, go into clamorous praise. It is no time for you to complain or murmur, rather it is time for you to praise God so that He can step into your situation. And when God appears every devil must disappear. So turn up the volume of your praise! God is still on the throne, He reigns even in that situations and He is more than able to turn everything around for your good. Give Him the Praise and watch Him work your miracle!
PRAYER: Lord, I really thank You for Your continual faithfulness to me. You are always good all the time and no matter what happens around me, Please grant me the grace to always give You worthy praise in Jesus Name. .
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Your attitude always determines your altitude in life. –WORDBITE 222.