PREVAILING PRAISE

All Your works shall PRAISE You, O LORD; and Your saints shall bless You – Psalms 145:10

Welcome to June, our Month of PREVAILING PRAISE! As we draw closer to the middle of Year 2017, our Year of Grace, Goodness, and Glory, we’ll devote this month to meditate on PRAISE, to offer our sacrifices of Praise to our Father-God, to experience the Power in Praise, to enjoy Increase by Praise, and to prevail by Praise in all the battles of life!

Praise is practical. Praise is personal. Praise is powerful. Praise is a choice. Praise is a decision. Praise is an act of faith. Praise never fails. The Psalmist said, “I will extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever” (v.1). David wasn’t wishing to extol God, he was willing to! He was decided and determined to. It didn’t matter what troubles he might have been going through, that Man of Faith chose to extol and bless God’s name, not temporarily, but forever!

Praise must be perpetual. Praise is not meant for only “good times” when things are “rosy.” The Praise of God must rise from your heart and flow from your lips DAILY and perpetually: “EVERY DAY I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever” (v.2). There is a grace, an anointing that enables such dimension of persistent praise. May you contact that unction this month; may you never become tired or weary of praising Your Great God and Maker, in Jesus name.

Praise is a privilege! “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praises; and His greatness is unsearchable” (v.3). It is a honour to be called to join generations that have been praising Him: “One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts” (v.4). What a Calling! What a Privilege! What a sacred Ministry! Our Great God will never suffer from lack of praise! He can never be in want of people to praise Him. Even if every human being chooses to not praise Him, inanimate creation will rise to God’s praise. Jesus said, “…I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out” (Lk.19:40).

Everything in creation praises God: “ALL Your works shall praise You, O LORD, and Your saints shall bless You” (v.10). I pray that stones will not take your place or mine in praising God. Get set to praise the Lord like never before. Get set to prevail through Praise. Get set to be raised in the place of Praise! This month, you’ll have ample reasons to praise the Lord. Praise-worthy events shall happen in all aspects of your life. As you praise Him, He’ll raise you. You will prevail by praise!