We were created to make God's Praise Glorious!!! And I don't know about anyone else, but for me, I don't want any rocks crying out in my place. Here is a simple scripture you probaly have read several times:
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. Psalm 34:1-3
In this passage of scripture it tells us to
1. BLESS the Lord at all times
So we are suppose to bless, extol Him as holy, all the time. On the good days, on the bad days, in the valley, on the mountain, when everyone is for us, or everyone has turned against us . . .BLESS THE LORD!
2. His PRAISE shall sontinually be in my mouth
This means from the time we wake up, til we lay our head to rest, we are to PRAISE the Lord. PRAISE is an act of worship, expressing admiration by song. Even if you are like me and your voice is kinda . . . how should I put it . . ."BAD", God still wants to hear it, and between here and Heaven it changes sounds :)
3. MAGNIFY the Lord with me
This is my favorite part, MAGNIFY, to increase the 'apparent' size of. When you have a magnify glass, it doesn't actual change the size of the object, but it changes the way you see it - you see it bigger, you see it's details, it becomes your focal point. Same goes for MAGNIFYING God, we don't change who God is - He is the same yesterday, today, and forever, but we change the way we look at Him. He begins to look bigger, and everything else in life becomes smaller, because He becomes our focal point, and we begin to notice the intricate details (we often over looked) of who God really is!
4. My soul shall make her BOAST in the Lord
When you BOAST, you are speaking with expressive pride about that person or thing. It is time we begin to BOAST about the good things that God has done. When it comes to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, there is alot to be spoken and it should always be done in expressive pride, because I am proud of what the Lord has done in me, for me, and through me!
5. Let us EXALT His name together
The word Exalt means to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, to elevate. When we EXALT God we are not changing his rank in who He is, we are changing our placement in our life. When we EXALT God we put Him at His rightful place in our life. He should be EXALTED above anything and everything in your life, because there is nothing that compares to him.
Let's take this verse, and let's truly live the way God designed us to live. Let us BLESS – PRAISE – MAGNIFY – BOAST – EXALT the Lord together!
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