FAITH CAPSULE: Praising God is not entertainment to impress a man.

Psalm 100, 1 Samuel 13

Aftermath or upshot of the celebration of the gift of God, it is you to give God the gift of sacrificial such as praise, diligently. Praising God with understanding is giving self to God as a reasonable sacrifice before God, to seek God diligently. The Bible recorded, “For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding.” (Psalm 47:7) In life, understanding of all doing is the way to get the manifestation of expectation. Praising God should be rooted in the heart but not pretending praising before any man. Praising God is placing God gloriously high. Praising God is not entertainment to impress a man but a vehicle to enter and locate God for His presence. Psalm 100:4 recorded, “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise…” There is nothing to be compared to entering God’s presence like praise worship which is sacrificing God diligently.
Praising God is not a display of talent before God, but a way of gaining a place in the presence of God. Psalm 22:3 buttressed, “But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.” Give self to praising God with understanding to gain His presence.
Praising God with self-consciousness is understanding and knowledge to come out of self to give praise to God. Psalm 69:30 stated, “I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.” Giving self to praising God is seeking God diligently with expectation to be raised by God. King David sought God diligently, his praising of God was evident before God when he was bringing the ark of God back to his city. Bible records David’s praise, “Then David danced[g] before the Lord with all his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet. 16 Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the Lord…” (2 Samuel 6:14-16)
God raised David, and He identified David over King Saul. God spoke through Samuel, “…The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”  (1 Samuel 13;14) A man of heart praising God is a man of praising God just like King David.
Praising God is not only in singing to God but can be a time of declaration of God’s awesomeness for what He has done, what He is doing and what He will do. Continuous praising God is a demonstration of faith that God cannot be limited in what He can do in the life of one that seek Him diligently.

Prayer for today: Ask for praising God diligently.