Bless the Lord

The scripture of the day is one of my favorites. I pray it encourages you to develop a habit of praise.

SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY

Psalm 34:1

I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

Bless-to bestow good of any kind upon;to extol as holy; glorify

Glorify-to honor with praise, admiration, or worship; extol

Extol-to praise highly;

The Author of this verse-David- begins with I will. He is determined, convinced, his mind is set that He will bless the Lord. My friends, we must develop the same attitude. No matter what comes or who goes,  whether in the valley or on the mountain top, in the midst of trials or celebrating a victory God is worthy to be praised! 

David wrote this Psalm in reference of a time when he was on the run. His very life was being threatened. Can you stand in the midst of your current situation and declare that God is to be praised! 

If we vow and strive to praise God continually, we would see an immediate difference in what comes out of our mouth. If we continually praise God, it would be impossible to curse your neighbor or speak negative or defeat. There is a joy that comes along with giving God praise. There was a song of old entitled, "The more I praise Him the better I feel." Offering admiration unto God releases your focus from you and your current situation to being fixed on the awesomeness of our Creator. God is worthy of our praise. We could never give God the praise that He is entitled or justly due but we can fix our mouth to bless Him at all times. We can make a conscious decision to use our mouth as a tool for continual worship. 

Luke 19:37-40

³⁷ And when he (Jesus) was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;

³⁸ Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

³⁹ And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.

⁴⁰ And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

There is no need to hold your peace today. God has performed mighty works in our lives and we have a right to praise His name. God is great and worthy to be praised! Hallelujah!