Praise God! Sometimes, I just feel like saying "praise God!" It doesn't matter what time of day it is or what I'm doing, I just have the urge to scream out "praise God!"
Why?
I'm programmed for this type of action. I was made to love God and praise Him, continually. My mother told me yesterday that in church, one of the speakers read from Psalm 34. I recognized the number and book but I couldn't recall what the chapter was about. Instead of checking yesterday, I saw it this morning and I'm glad I did. It made me feel better. It made me feel revived and things suddenly started to make more sense. Things seemed to "click." Any negative thoughts about the day or things to come were quickly washed away and made no sense to me anymore.
Psalm 34 reads...
1. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth
2. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
3. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
4. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5. They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
6. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8. O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
9. O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
10. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
11. Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
13. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15. The eyes of the Lord are upon the rigtheous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
16. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
19. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
20. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
21. Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22. The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
After reading this prayer out loud, I felt immediate rejuvenation of my spirit; I felt so good that I elected to stay home a little longer to write about it. Try reading this prayer out loud, in a private place. And don't just read it, try to understand it or feel it in your heart. Ask the Lord for help (I know it can be difficult reading the King James version of the Bible).
I love this chapter and I love God's Word. Whenever I feel lazy or lack the courage to go on with the day, I seek God for help. He will always answer and help is never too far away. Just pray and listen. A friend once told me that "prayer goes a long way" and I believe I may have mentioned that before in a previous blog. It's true. God loves when you talk to Him. It's what we're programmed to do. Praise God! Thank you, Lord!
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