Habakkuk 3:17-19 ‘Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.’
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Luke 4-5, Psalm 114
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Isaac Watts is credited with writing over 750 hymns.
His Hymn writing began very early in life. As a young boy, Isaac realized that the hymns of the day were not expressing the kind of joy he felt inside of him. He desired to write hymns that would bless The Lord and impart joy into the hearts of people. And so he began writing hymns that expressed the joy of The Lord. One of these is the very popular Christmas hymn; “Joy to the World; the Lord is come.” Isaac Watts wrote mostly hymns of praise, which were widely accepted and well loved.
Reading through the hymns written by Watts, one would never suspect that while writing those hymns, he fought battles with his health. But despite the numerous challenges he faced, he decided to continually give God worthy praise. He refused to focus on his problems but rather focused on God’s promise.
He sought to bring joy to others and out of his compassion, one-third of his allowance was given to the poor.
Isaac Watts refused to be defeated by his problems but chose to give God praise and today the world is blessed with so many of his beautiful hymns as a result.
Praise is a powerful secret for our unstoppable progress in life. We may sometimes have a good reason to feel down and discouraged, but we have to learn to focus on the fact that God loves us and He’s working everything together for our good.. The ‘sacrifice of praise’ is praising God even when our circumstances dictate the contrary.
Hebrews 13:15 says ‘By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name’
We don’t just praise God when it feels good, looks good, or benefits us in some way. We offer praise, “continually.” As I Thessalonians 5:18 says “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”
Though you may sometimes walk through the valley of the shadow of death, never forget that ahead, God has prepared a table for you, and your cup is about to run over. You must stay joyful and praiseful to see the harvest God has promised you.(Habakkuk 3:17-19).
To see victory, we need to stop looking at the problems and focus on God’s love. The more time we spend in His Word, the more His love is shed abroad in our hearts and we receive the faith with which to overcome the world and its challenges.
PRAYER: Lord, Please help me to remain praise-full at all times, no matter what comes my way. I know that You love me and even right now you are at work to turn every mourning into dancing for me in Jesus Name.
QUOTE;
When you obey God’s instruction you are delivered from destruction. WORDBITE 222
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