ALWAYS MAKE OUT QUALITY TIME TO BE GRATEFUL TO GOD

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God called David the second king of Israel a man after His (God’s) heart.

This is recorded in 1 Samuel 13:14, “But now your (Saul’s) kingdom shall not continue; the Lord has sought out [David] a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince and ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”

Why did God refer to David with such beautiful accolade? It is because David knew how to give thanks and praise to God. It was David who instituted praise and worship of God in the temple when he was king over Israel – 1 Chronicles 15:16.

David also danced with so much joy when the ark of God’s covenant was returned to Israel from the home of Obed Edom where it had been after release from the Philistines (2 Samuel 6:11).

David danced so much that Michal, David’s wife and erstwhile king Saul’s daughter despised him (2 Samuel 6:16) and castigated David for such showing in public.

The Bible records that Michal never had any children until her death and this could be attributed to her careless statement against David as recorded in 2 Samuel 6:20.

Dear friend, if there is one activity that delights our God and Father of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, it is praise, worship and thanksgiving.

Many times when people pray, they spend the bulk of their time asking God for one thing or the other and spend very little or no time praising, worshiping and thanking Him for what He has done for them.

If this is your habit, I call on you today dear friend, to repent and change your approach to God.

Find time to meditate on the good things God has done for you and even if you think you cannot recollect any, the gift of life God has bestowed upon you is a reason to be thankful.

God protects you as you go about your daily activities, provides food, shelter and clothing. Are these not enough reasons to be thankful?

We thank God for the Americans who through the grace of God inspired their forefathers to set aside a day every 3rd Thursday of November annually as a day of thanksgiving.

It is a great thing to worship the Lord and Creator of the Universe for all He has done, all He is doing and all that He would do for us in the future.

However, I must warn that before you embark on praise and worship of God, you must ensure you are in right standing with Him.

For it is written in Proverbs 28:9, “He who turns away his ear from hearing the law [of God and man], even his prayer is an abomination, hateful and revolting [to God].”

So please make sure you approach God with a pure and undefiled life, having repented sincerely of sin and ensuring not to go back to sin or disobedience of God’s commands again.

Then your praise and worship would be acceptable to God Who sees and knows all hearts. God Himself says so in Jeremiah 17:10, “I the Lord search the mind, I try the heart, even to give to every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

The summary of the message for today is that we must always make out time to praise and worship the Lord for between 30 minutes to an hour once a week preferably but we must ensure to do it from a position of right standing with God, which is a position of sincere and diligent obedience to all His commandments.

We must also ensure to praise and worship God daily during our prayers even if it is at least 5 – 10 minutes.

May the good Lord bless you as you heed His Word today, act on it and share with others in Jesus’ Most Righteous Name, Amen.

Gabriel Ama.
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