MONTH OF PRAISE2 Chronicles 20:1-30

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Praise is the way to bring God to you and it is also the way for you to get to God, but it has to be through a conscious understanding. In any attempt to get to a king that is on throne, there has to be a process and the process is in traveling through the gate that will lead to the court where the king sits and reigns as the king. The psalmist clearly understood this when he stated in Psalm 100:4, ÒEnter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him and bless His name.Ó Is there any other means that is better and faster than praise? Our God is the Almighty King of kings and the Lord of lords! All that is required is praise that is guided by understanding and not praise that is guided by noise making or emotional roller coastal. Psalm 47:7, ÒFor God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with understandingÓ. Have you thought about what the understanding could be beside knowing the words and singing it with your heart? Hebrews 13:15, ÒTherefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.Ó Praise is a sacrifice. Sacrifice is not what you want to throw to God anyhow or in just any form because you want Him to accept your sacrifice as a reasonable sacrifice. Romans 12:1, made us to understand that there is a reasonable sacrifice and there is unreasonable sacrifice, ÒI beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.Ó Let your sacrifice be a living and holy one because God is a living and Holy God. Jesus already paid the price for us to get to Him and when we choose not to go through Him and rather go through by our own determination or religious activity, we end up not going the distance with God. If you will forget yourself and gather unto Him in thought and in sincerity and render your praise unto Him without self-distraction, you will find yourself in the presence of God. He is not a distant God. He is a Father that has thoughts and concern for His children. As you continue in your daily journey, praise Him continually and you will see Him move consistently. Praise will deliver you; it will make God to ambush your enemy. The king of Judah, Jehoshaphat, needed to get rid of his enemies that were mightier than him and praise became his weapon. 2 Chronicles 20:22- ÒNow when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.Ó Praise Him continually with understanding and He will come and raise you above and beyond in all walks of life.