PRAISE HIM
Psalm 150

“Seven times a day I praise You, because of Your righteous judgments.” (Psalm 119:164) The Psalmist’s declaration of praising Him seven times a day is enough to appropriate it, to declaring your seventh month to be a month of “praise”. In your new month, you should praise God with an understanding, “For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with understanding.” (Psalm 47:7) There is power when praising Him with understanding is rooted in the truth that God is the king of all the earth, and the Lord sits as king forever. King David declared in 2 Samuel 22:4, “I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.” To king David, it became an understanding of what praise could do, and that made David declare that, there is none that is worthy to be praised as God. In times of challenges, in times that enemies are mounting their offense from all avenues of life such as financial and health, praising Him in this new month, like never before, will provoke the hand of God for your deliverance and progress. Praise Him constantly and consistently and see what the Lord will do. What, or who else, deserves more praise than God? The Psalmist also declared in Psalm 48:1, “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain.2 Beautiful in elevation, The joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.” In this new month let praising Him be continually found in your whole being. Understanding praise is not the “mouthful praise”, but praising Him with a whole heart. Also, it is not possible to praise Him without joy, or to have joy in Him without praising Him. Praising God always in joy, will always lead to the path of life. Praising God will bring us to the presence of God, because joy is what give access to God just as the psalmist testified in Psalm 16:11, “You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Can you think of any name for your seventh month of the year that is worth more, than naming it the month of “praise”? This month, be in constant praise and that will bring consistency in His presence. It is more important to praise Him with understanding, than shouting with no understanding. In this month, praise Him with new songs, praise Him with what you have, praise Him where you are. Praise how you are, praise Him for where He has brought you, praise Him for where He is taking you. Do you have the breath? Psalm 150:6 “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord”.

Prayer for today: Father enable me to remain in constant and consistent praise worship all the days, weeks, months, and years ahead, because it is good to praise your gracious and Holy name.