Thursday, April 14, 2011

Prayer and Praise (Ps. 72:15-16)

And He shall live;
And the gold of Sheba will be given to Him;
Prayer also will be made for Him continually,
And daily He shall be praised.
There will be an abundance of grain in the earth,
On the top of the mountains;
Its fruit shall wave like Lebanon;
And those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

(Psalm 72:15-16, NKJV)

The apostle Paul wrote that we’re to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17). And King David wrote, “I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth” (Ps. 34:1).

We should be praying and praising all the time … but how often do we do either? We tend to pray when we need something. We praise Him when things are going well.

But think about how different your life would be if prayer and praise were the first things you did rather than afterthoughts? What if you were that focused on God and His will?

Would your thought-life be different? Would you speak differently? Would you act differently?

What if all of us who followed Christ did the same? How would the world perceive us?

More loving? More compassionate? More servant-hearted? More joyful? More peaceful?

This morning (or tomorrow morning if you’re reading this later in the day), commit to make God your true focus today. Pray throughout the day. Just thanking Him for what He’d doing in your life. Confessing every sin. Interceding for others.

And praise Him continually. For everything and anything.

See what a difference it might make.

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