FAITH CAPSULE: Do not submit to fear but submit to praising God.
2 Chronicles 20
Today of the month is your God-given day, give Him praise. Praising God for today and days to come is set to be your victorious for your life, to the glory of God.
God is great and is worthy to be praised with understanding. Psalm 48:1-2 admonishes all, “For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.” (Psalm 96:4)“Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, In His holy mountain. Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth…”
Do not submit to fear but submit to praising God for His greatness regardless of stubborn enemies.
Jehoshaphat received a message of fear as stated in 2 Chronicles 20:2-3, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria; and they are in Hazazon Tamar” (which isEnGedi). And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.” Is there any great that is greater than the only greatest God that is above any other gods? There is no other god that is greater than the Ancient of days.
Concerning enemies, the Lord that is great and greatly to be praised is not going to look over your sincere understanding praise, He will deliver you.
With the message of the enemy against Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat sought God and received a message to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.
In the coming days of this year, praising God is standing still and seeing the hand of God on your behalf.
Stand still, see and know that the same God of yesterday, today and forever will not fail to deny you. As you are standing still, see and know it that God is with you.
The word recorded how Jehoshaphat stood still and saw in 2 Chronicles 20:21-22, “…he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: Praise the LORD for His mercy endures forever. Now 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.” With praising God, victory is certain and undeniable.
Today, disallow any one’s direction for your way to praise God, take the prescription of Psalmist praise in Psalm 150:1-6, “Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in His mighty firmament! Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to His excellent greatness! Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the lute and harp! Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals! Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
God is worthy to be praised with understanding to gain His upon your life.
Prayer for today: Ask God for praising Him to become your way of life.