FAITH CAPSULE: Seeking God by His word will not fail to locate God.
Exodus 19, Psalm 47
Sanctification before the sacrifice is the evidence of understanding and knowledge to locate God without failure.
When God sent Samuel to go and anoint, to separate David as a living sacrifice, He sent him with a message for Jesse, “…I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.’ Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.” (1 Samuel 16:5) In this message, it is clear that sanctification (consecration, dedication) comes before sacrifice.
Also, once, the children of Israel were to present themselves before God, “So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.’” (Exodus 19:14-15), Throughout the Bible, sanctification always has come before sacrifice.
Samuel and Moses called for sanctification before the sacrifice of God.
With understanding and knowledge, let sanctification be in place before sacrifice to assess or provoke the hand of God in your favor.
Are you with a devotion mind to surrender before God?
That is, are you with sanctification with the mind of sacrifice before God?
Seek God with dedication (sanctification), expecting your sacrifice (surrender) to become acceptable.
For example, sacrificial praise is rooted in sanctification for one to gain the presence of God.
How is your praise before God when you come before him?
Psalm 47:7 admonishes all about praising God, “For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding.”
Understanding sacrificial praise rooted in devotion (sanctification) before God will gain the presence of God.
Praising God should not necessarily be in noise-making; praising God should not be an entertaining man; praising God does not have to be in self-pride but lifting the name of God.
If believers confess with sincere and genuine hearts (the act of dedication before God) then praising is a sacrifice to locate the presence of God.
God inhabits the praises of His people.
When God is in your sacrificial praises, your enemies will become ambushed, and victory will become your portion.
Who should praise God?
Without any exemption, all should praise God while having a life.
The Psalmist said so, “I will sing praises to the Lord while I have my being.” (Psalm 146:2)
In several pages of the Bible, those who fear Him should praise Him. Praise Him with the voice of joy, harp, and melody; praise Him among the people or in your secret closet. Psalm 34:1 states, “I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
Praising Him all the time will raise you to Him.
Live life by the word of God to gain His presence in all your ways.
Prayer for today: Ask for the understanding of God to be established in your life.