Generosity With Your Praise?

Nobody said it was going to be easy to process your afflictions, your sorrows, your chaos, and the mess you have to deal with from time to time in your family, your work, and with life.

Paul is telling the Thessalonians, "In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

Notice he didn't say, "For everything." What he is saying regardless of what I face, I will still praise him. Paul and Silas give us an example of that when they have just been beaten with many stripes and were placed into prison. (Acts 16:22-25)

Now it would have been real easy for them to whine and murmur and bellyache over their pain. Nowhere does God say that we could live out our lives without pain. Instead they chose to sing praises unto God.

Can you imagine what the other prisoners were thinking, "are these guys on cocaine, or are they drunk?" Regardless they chose to be generous in their sounding out praises to the Lamb of God who had redeem their life.

"He that will see good days let him refrain his lips from speaking guile." (1 Peter 1: 10) If you want to brighten up your life, begin to be thankful for all that He has done for you.

Did Christ save you, has he healed you, gave you power, gave you peace, given you purpose to life out this life? Has he prepared your heart for eternity?It's all about our focus. If you choose to focus on His goodness, His glory, and His gains in your life, it can change your trajectory going forward.

That night in prison, Paul said to Silas, "let's sing praises unto God." When they began to praise God, God sent an earthquake that shook the foundation of the prison. They walked out of that inner prison because God was so moved by their praises to Him.

Have you chosen to praise Him for the good and great and the glory that He has in-parted in your life? There are great results from those who chose to praise him regardless of their dilemma, and the quagmires of life.

David said; "This is the day that the Lord hath made, I will rejoice and be glad in it." If it worked for David and Paul and Silas and many other great saints of God, it will work for you and I.

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