13 - Shout Joyfully in the Good Times -
and then also in the Bad Times!

Psalms 66:
66 Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
2 Sing out the honor of His name;
Make His praise glorious.
3 Say to God,
"How awesome are Your works!
Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
4 All the earth shall worship You
And sing praises to You;
They shall sing praises to Your name."
Selah
NKJV

Have you ever seen fans singing and chanting at a soccer match?
They follow all the praise instructions given in this psalm - but they sing instead about their favourite team!

There is a spiritual principle which says that whoever is praised, gains power in the spirit realm in which we live.
Can you imagine how much we would empower the Lord to work in our situation, if we were to follow the instructions given in this psalm?

Sometimes we see terrible things happening around us and ask the question, "Why did God let this happen?"
But do we consider that part of the answer could be that we do not shout joyfully to Him and sing out about His honour, when things are going well. So that He is not given a way into our situation when things are going wrong in our part of the world.

Prayer:
Father, thank You for Your infinite goodness to me. Teach me how to begin to make a joyful shout to You today, so that I make a way for You in my situation with my praise.
Then when terrible things happen, I have the faith to continue shouting joyfully to You, so that I continue to make a way for You to make a bad situation good!
In Jesus' name
Amen.

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LB stands for "The Living Bible", by Tyndale House Publishers NKJV stands for "The New King James Bible", by Thomas Nelson Publishers These daily thoughts are made available by SolWise.Net