2 Chronicles 20:22 Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Amon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.
I don’t know about you but if I see even the smallest improvement in something I’ve been believing God for then I like to make much of it, celebrate it and tell the Lord how grateful I am for it. For instance, I’ve been believing the Lord for my inflammation levels to come down which had been way too high for months and when I had a result saying they’d reduced 13 points (even though they still need to reduce by 58 more) I was so excited and treated myself to a chocolate roll while praising and thanking the Lord. I don’t always do the chocolate roll bit!😊
You see we know God says to be thankful but we sometimes think we’ll do it when everything is all right again but there’s a better way.😊 Celebrate and be thankful for everything and anything along the way no matter how small! In fact an even better way than that is to praise and thank Him in faith before we ever see the improvement or the answer.
The Israelites praised the Lord before they had the victory. God tell us praise defeats the enemy which we’d all like to experience more and He gives us such a simple instruction to follow to bring it about. I know it’s not always easy, especially when everything looks pear shaped but it must be possible or God would be unjust in telling us to do it. It’s for our own benefit and there’s a spiritual principle involved.
So how do we do it? When everything in us wants to complain, groan or moan or feel sorry for ourselves we can take a deep breath and ask the Holy Spirit to help us have His perspective and give us the grace to thank and praise the Lord especially when it is a sacrifice.
I think it helps to remember how much the Lord Jesus Himself went through for us and how deeply He loved us so that our sacrifice of praise will come into perspective.
So may I encourage us all today to praise and thank the Lord all the time, as we go along, and I believe we’ll see our enemies defeated and our victories increase more and more.😊
Hebrews 13:15 Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God,….
Here a song of praise to help us - https://youtu.be/QcO7kWA5x4Q
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