What are you going to do?

     For anyone who woke up today with a feeling that you could not explain.  For anyone who was going through their day and felt an overwhelming, encompassing feeling of joy and comfort and you don't know where it came from.  For that person who was sitting at their computer and a smile spread across your face for no reason.  For all of these people and even more who felt the loving touch of God and felt a praise in their heart but didn't know what to do, there is something you can do.

      For the person that feels weighed down by the problems and troubles that they are going through and you just can't see your way out.  For the person in pain and turmoil with physical aches and mental woes.  For the person who has cried themselves to sleep and woke up to cry some more.  There is something you can do.  

     This won't absolve your responsibilities.  This won't make your troubles magically disappear.  This won't make everything in your world golden, nice, and clean.  What will it do then?  What is the reason?  Why should I even bother?  What will it do?  It will release angles on your behalf.  What is the reason?  You give praise to a mighty and awesome God who is more than able to heal, deliver, set free.  But even more than that, knows your story after the trial, knows the blessings on the other end. knows the triumph and victory waiting for you if you only persist.  Why should you even bother?  What have you got to lose?  There is no need to try everything else and then try God and if you have already tried everything else, then why not try God?

     My suggestion to the person that has that overwhelming joy, that urge to dance, sing, and shout hallelujah.  Do it!  God doesn't need a reason to bless you and you don't need a reason to praise Him.  Even if everything in your life is perfect and you couldn't imagine Him blessing you with anything else, look at what He has already done and praise Him.  Praise Him because you know that it was God and only God that brought you through.

     My prayer for the person that can't see a way to praise is to stop looking for a way to praise.  We don't have to search for a way to praise God.  It is already in you.  It has been us since the day we were born.  He made us to praise Him.  You don't know how to start?  Close your eyes and think about God.  Not your troubles, not your pain, not your worries.  Just think about Him.  If you don't know what to say, just say His name, say thank you.  He knows your heart.  There is no "perfect" way to praise God.  Praise from your heart.

     Don't look for the reason, don't look for the why.  Don't stop to think what may be coming your way that you should praise Him for.  Praise Him now and stop the devil in his tracks.  Praise Him now and give Him the glory He deserves.

      

Inspired by Trent Cory-I've Got a Praise-Album-My Joy