ASSOCIATES    < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>2Kings 9:1-13

God is worthy to be praised! After crossing the Red Sea, Moses and the children of Israel sang and spoke, ÒWho is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? (Exodus 15: 11) He is indeed and in truth fearful to be praised. He is the Great I Am that I Am. When you praise Him, He will raise you above and beyond your expectation. Why not give yourself unto praising the Lord as the days, weeks, months and years go by? Praising Him will make you to be raised above the plans and purpose of the enemies concerning your life. Praising God can be done anywhere, any day, and anytime as long as you praise Him with your whole heart. God does have His way of rising whom he chooses to rise. When it was time for Him to raise Jehu, Elisha instructed his servant, ÒNow when you arrive at that place, look there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, and go in and make him rise up from among his associates, and take him to an inner room. 3 Then take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, ÔThus says the LORDÕ: ÔI have anointed you king over Israel.Õ Then open the door and flee, and do not delay.Ó (2 Kings 9:2-3) No man can determine the move of God because determination will fail. It is only the move of His Spirit that will continue to and will always pass. Nothing qualified Jehu but God Himself qualified him so man could disqualify him. Why not take to praise as your avenue to be raised by God? The way He moved for Peter is different from that of Paul. He is not a stagnant God. Praising God with understanding will always bring the presence of God. Jehu was raised from among his associates right after the anointing, ÒThen each man hastened to take his garment and put it under him on the top of the steps; and they blew trumpets, saying, ÔJehu is king!ÕÓ (2 Kings 9:13) Jehu was made to rise up from among his associates to become a king. In your sacrifice of praise that is reasonable to God, you too can also be raised. Praise God and ask Him to raise you up from every ungodly associate, every association of failure and every associate that is slowing you down or delaying and disrupting you from what God has called you to do in the name of Jesus. Praise God all the time and He will extend His outstretch hand to raise you above and beyond every confronting issue. Keep on praising Him because He is faithful and He will not fail in raising you.