L.Y.F.E. is…
Blessings and greetings L.Y.F.E. family!
Welcome to another edition of “L.Y.F.E. is…”!
We hope and pray that your hearts are encouraged and that you are blessed by this devotional!
Title: Finding Something to Praise God For
Scripture: “But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.” Psalm 59:16 (NIV)
Our devotional this month takes us to Psalm 59, where we find David giving God praise for delivering him from the evil hand of Saul and his men. Saul was very jealous and angry at David because of God’s anointing on David’s life. Due to no fault of David’s own, Saul sent men to David’s house to lie and wait and attempt to kill David. But God protected David and allowed David to escape so that Saul and his men would not harm him. David declares that he will sing of God’s strength and in the morning sing of God’s love.
David’s praise focuses on what God did for him. David’s praise focused on his unshakable trust in the LORD, our fortress and refuge in our time of trouble.
Often times in life, we find ourselves in not-so-good situations that we did not create. But God protects us, shields us from any hurt, harm, or danger and delivers us from the evil one. Sometimes we complain about things we don’t have but God has provided for our every need. It’s easy to complain about life but like David, we too, should praise God for being our strength in our times of weakness. We should bless God for God’s unconditional love and for first loving us when we didn’t love ourselves. We should give God all the glory for being our fortress and refuge when we face danger and our time of trouble.
So the next time we feel down, depressed, and defeated; let us remember the many blessings that God has bestowed upon us. We need to count our many blessings and name them one by one.
There is plenty to give God praise for: the breathe of life; our health and strength; the activity of our limbs; the fact that we are reading this and still alive; providing for our every need; for God’s new mercies everyday; the times that God healed our minds and bodies; forgiving us of our sins; and we praise God for saving us from our sins and ourselves by sending His only Son, Jesus to our rescue.
We receive all of these things and so much more without deserving them from God through Christ Jesus.
We praise God for what God has done! We praise God for what God is doing! We praise God for what God will do! And we praise God for being God all by Godself!
No matter how difficult life gets; there’s always something to praise God for!
Hallelujah is the highest praise! God is worthy of the highest praise.
Memory verse: I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 (KJV)
