FAITH CAPSULE: Recognizing God, do not boast before God.
Psalm 104
It is the privilege of God not man’s right that is keeping man alive day after days; week after weeks; month after months and year after years. For man to be alive is the mercy of God not merit of man. Recognize God do not worry. Replace worrying by worshiping God is enough as evidence of trusting and hoping on God. Are you one that is being kept down instead of rising to be looking up to God? It is time to be rising with praise worship before God, recognizing God for the grace of life. What is it that has qualifies you before God to be alive more than known and unknown ones? Claiming or having plans for agendas before recognizing with appreciation God is the evidence of not recognizing God for what He can do.
Psalmist recognized God by praising God: “O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty, Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.” (Psalm 104:1-4) Today, give self to recognize God by meditating on word of praise all day. He alone is more than worthy of all praise and adoration.
Bible recoded, “Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD! (Psalm 150:6) God alone is worthy of praise and thanksgiving. He is the God of miracle. God deserves a boastful praise and not only a contemplative (thoughtful or reflective) praise. The word of God stated, “I am the LORD your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.” (Psalm 81:10) Open mouth wide praising God to provoke God for expectation. Praise God today, tomorrow and continually. Every day is a miracle, Man should know that miracle is a blessing of God. By God’s grace for a new day and every moment of God’s privilege, make it a top priority of your day to carry Him along in your meditation. God is God that blesses and add no sorrow. (Proverbs 10:22)
Recognizing God do not boast before God. James 4:13-14 warned against boasting as it is written, “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” Do not be a victim of boasting but recognize God to provoke His blessings.
Prayer for today: Ask God to occupy every moment He has given you on earth.