A Sacrifice of Praise

Let’s give praises to God who blesses us daily with good things.  I know we may not feel blessed on days when things seem to go crazy and we feel overwhelmed.  However always know that things could always be worse. The bible tells us that God inhabits or dwells in our praises. David in Psalm 150:1 says ”Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord” If you are reading this you have breath and hence you are included in the “everything that hath breath”

For the remainder of the weekend let us practice offering up to God our praise and thanksgiving, for some it may be a “sacrifice” that is ok – Paul understands that and hence this is why he so eloquently exhorts us in Hebrews 13:10-15 to offer a “sacrifice of praise”.  Some words that are similar to the word “sacrifice” are expense, cost, loss, ransom, or victim- it shows that a sacrifice is never easy. My interpretation is that when we offer a sacrifice of praise we are able to praise God without looking at what we are going through. I can tell you for sure that this is not easy; however this offering of the fruit of our lips will bring us out of our sickness, depression, despair, mourning or our confusion.

 Praise works miracle just ask the children of Israel what happened when they marched around the walls of Jericho shouting praises to God, or Paul and Silas when they were in prison and were singing praises to God, I won’t even try to talk about David except to say I would run out of space.

Let’s just command our soul, mind, and heart to do what we were created for “TO PRAISE THE LORD”

In His Service,

Vilma