April 30

There is a whole lot of praise going on! It strikes me that throughout these particular Psalms there was a theme of praise. The Psalmist was saying that we should praise God for who He is and we should praise Him for what He has done. If you are like me my times with the Lord tend to be a little me focused. They are where I learn about Him and ask Him to help me and others. The Lord is saying to me that my times with Him need to be more HIM focused. It is not like I don’t praise Him and extol Him, I do, it is that I don’t make PRAISE the singular focus enough! I love worshipping Him in song, but God is calling me to remember His works and praise Him for that. He is calling me to praise Him for His glory, splendor, greatness and everything else about Him. The beauty of that is it gets the focus off of me, my problems, my issues and puts my mind on His greatness and His history of greatness. My problems then fade in comparison and faith rises in me. Then instead of being worried and depressed, I am building confidence. I don’t praise Him to build confidence and trust, rather I praise Him because He is WORTHY! Confidence and trust and appreciation and many other things are just by-products. (Did I mention joy and happiness too?)