Daily Devotional. I will Bless the LORD AT ALL TIMES: His Praise shall CONTINUALLY be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O Magnify the LORD with me, and let us Exalt His Name together. I sought the LORD, and He Heard me, and Delivered me FROM ALL MY FEARS. Psalm 34:1-4. As stated in our last discussion, how do you “find yourself Praising the Lord for EVERYTHING, even when it hurts”? The first thing to do is change our perspective. Instead of sitting in the middle of all our situations and circumstances showing how good or how bad things are around us, we need to look at things differently, to see the WHOLE picture, not just what’s right around us. (illustration). Instead of sitting among trees and thorns, take a bird’s eye view of the forest and see the overall Beauty of the forest, grassy fields and slow moving river. From this perspective we see the Beauty of Creation instead of getting bogged down with all the things going on around us. Once we see the God Breathed and Created Beauty ALL around us, our “big” problems don’t seem quite as big anymore. Yes, the problems are still there, but with the Lord Walking with us, those problems take a much smaller priority as the Lord will show us how to deal with each one as needed. He doesn’t take us OUT of the problems, He shows us how to VICTORIOUSLY Deal with and resolve the problems. When we see BIG BEAUTY from a BIG GOD, our trials, troubles, testing’s and tribulations brought on by small men, stay small. To see the Works of our Big God can lead straight into an Attitude of Praise and Worship that no problem on earth can stand up to. The Lord will “power over” our problems and lift us up to a level of Praise and to Honour Him so much that everything else melts away. Yes, we live in this world and everything about it, and that’s the point, THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING SAYS, “I’VE GOT IT ALL UNDER CONTROL”, and THAT’S worth Praising Him all day long. That’s how to, Be Blessed. I will Bless the LORD AT ALL TIMES: His Praise shall CONTINUALLY be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
