Seize the Moment – Day 1149
Practice the Promise of Praise!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, May 10.
In the same way that Psalm 46:10 taught us to be silent and see God’s exaltation in the earth, Psalm 47:1-2 calls us to be loud in our worship of the Lord’s supremacy over the nations, “O clap your hands, all peoples; shout to God with the voice of joy. For the Lord Most High is to be feared, a great King over all the earth.” There is an appointed time for everything, just as Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 3:7, there is “a time to be silent and a time to speak.”
Just as important as incorporating times of silence and solitude into our lives, so is building in times of personal and corporate praise to God, as Psalm 47:6-8 commands, “Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a skillful psalm. God reigns over the nations, God sits on His holy throne.” Five times in this short passage, we are told to “sing praises.” Our prayer life is to be a rhythm of human expression, from the silence of meditation to the loudness of celebration. There is an appointed time for everything!
In both expressions of your life of devotion – in silence and singing – you are declaring the reality of the Sovereign God. Whether in being still or by clapping your hands, whether in silence or with loud praise, you are centering your heart and mind on the truth of God’s supremacy over all creation and His preeminence over your life.
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 47, meditating upon the worthiness of God to receive all your praise – join in the prostrated praise of Revelation 4:11, “Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”
God bless you!
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