Psalm 34:1 KJV
• 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. Psalm 34:1-2 DAILY READING – 1 Corinthians 13; 2 Kings 7:3-20; Jonah 2
In 2014 several news outlets, reported the story of how a gospel song saved a 10-year-old Atlanta boy from his kidnapper. According to the story, ten year old Willie Myrick was in his front yard when he saw money on the ground. As he bent down to pick up money, suddenly a man grabbed him from behind, and threw him into a car. The man then slammed the door and drove off with Willie inside the car. The man told him, he didn’t want to hear a word from him. Realizing the great danger he was in, Willie knew he needed God’s intervention. Remembering what he had been taught in church, he switched to praise. He began to sing the gospel song “Every Praise” by Hezekiah walker. As he sang, the kidnapper started cursing and repeatedly told him to shut up, but he wouldn’t. He sang the song for about three hours while being held hostage in the moving car. Eventually the kidnapper got fed up, stopped, opened the door and threw him out of the car. The little boy ran to a nearby home and asked the resident to call his guardian.
Later, when he shared the testimony at his Church the News went viral. And when Hezekiah walker heard the story, he travelled down to Atlanta, to personally meet Myrick and sing the song with him in his church.
Indeed there is power in praise. Praise is an unbeatable weapon in warfare, because praise brings God’s presence.
Psalm 22 says that God inhabits the praises of His people. The more you praise God, the more His presence surrounds you and when God is around you, no evil can come near you.
Whenever you are faced with a situation you don’t know how to handle, switch to praise.
There is a mystery about praise that breaks every prison and bondage around you. When Paul and Silas were shut up in prison, and they began to praise God, suddenly there was an earthquake and their bonds were broken.
Anytime 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 because when you do that, God steps into the scene and that compels every devil to bow out.
When armies came against King Jehoshaphat in 2Chronicles 20, he said ‘we do not know what to do.’ And God said ‘‘I know what to do, ‘praise Me’’. And when they praised God, He turned the enemies to fight amongst themselves and kill each other.
David knew how to celebrate God in season and out of season. David committed himself to praise God at all times no matter the situation.
He 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 God, and they that love Him are those that praise Him.
Psalm 92:1 says ‘It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O most High.’
God is indeed good all the time! He reigns in every situation and He is more than able to turn everything around for our good.
Are you faced with a challenging situation today? Then it is time to turn up the volume of your praise! God is still on the throne! Give Him worthy Praise and watch Him work your miracle!
PRAYER: Lord, I thank You because You are always good and faithful, no matter what happens around me. I know even now You are working out my miracle. . Please grant me the grace to always give you worthy praise in every situation in Jesus Name. .
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Your attitude always determines t your altitude in life. -WORDBITE 222.
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