I am talking to someone today that is beating yourself up because of your failures and past mistakes. God loves us unconditionally. When we are unfaithful he is still faithful. That means when we mess up he calls us precious. When we do wrong, he calls us precious. When we don't listen, he calls us precious. When we didn't love him, He still loved us. Maybe our opinions change with new information, but God's opinion of you does not change, because he knew ALL ABOUT you since the foundation of the world. He called you precious then, and he still calls you precious now. We will never be 'good enough' to win God's favor. But he loves us anyway. The children of Israel going through the wilderness weren't perfect, and God knew they wouldn't be perfect. He had set up sacrifices, by the blood of animals to deal with their imperfections, and now we have to blood of Jesus that removes our sins. But God wants to take us beyond our imperfections into living a life of faith. It takes faith to please God. What God truly desires is that we be people of faith. We all desire to please God. The quickest and simplest way to do that is to PRAISE HIM! Why? Because when you are going through a wilderness and you don't have what you need in life it takes a lot of FAITH to PRAISE HIM. People who praise are people of faith!
It takes faith to praise him when your bills are not paid. It takes faith to praise him when your children are in trouble. It takes faith to praise him when your spouse is driving you crazy. It takes faith to praise him when you have not received what God promised you that you could have in Him. It takes faith to praise the LORD. Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please God; for he that comes to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him. Don't you know that your praise is pleasing to God?
Have you ever listened to the birds in the morning? They all blend together to make a noise that is beautiful. This is an example of how our praise sounds going up to heaven. There are times when one of the birds get desperate, and gets louder than the others, as if it is in distress. Instantly your ears begin to focus on the one that is desperate and crying out louder than the others. When your praise goes up to God, it blends in with the sounds of those who are praising Him and it is a beautiful sound in the ears of God. It pleases HIM. And he knows how bad things are for you right now, he knows that you have every right to complain. Every right to grumble, every right to yell and scream, and yet, because of your faith in God, you have chosen to praise him. Wow. God hears you when you praise. He is pleased with your praise, he knows that when your praise him you have chosen to believe that he is more than able to meet your needs.
Psalms 150:1 Praise you the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Are you ready to praise the LORD. He is waiting for you to resound in praise!
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