Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Always Praising

Song: The Stand, Hillsong United
Scripture: Psalm 34:1 (AMP)
I WILL bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

I sometimes wake up with words from different songs intermingled in my head, flowing from my heart in unspoken prayer or erupting from my lips. I think some part of me – my heart, my spirit, something – is always praising God.

I came to this conclusion a few years ago, when I was taking a sign language class in the evenings after work. One night, after the class, I had to go to the laundromat and wash a few loads of clothes. Once the clothes had been washed and were in the dryer, I was sitting, talking with my children when I noticed that my hands were moving, seemingly of their own volition. I watched for a moment, intrigued, not even having been aware of the movement, much less directing it. My hands were both up and open, and one hand would cross in front of me to touch its middle finger to the middle of the palm of the other then return to its position as the other hand reciprocated.

How could I not have noticed this? How long had this been going on? I really was disconcerted at first, wondering what was going on when it hit me: my hands were signing “Jesus.” As this realization dawned, my hands slowly lowered themselves to my lap and the thought that my “innermost being” was always praising God burst into my thoughts as light onto darkness. “Wow” was the only thing I could muster to think on my own, humbled by this revelation.

So now, when I’m aware that some part of me that is exclusively God’s is following love’s compulsion to worship, the rest of me gratefully tries to “get with the program” and reverently offer Him the praise that only He is due.

Psalm 150:6 (NKJV)
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!

John 1:12-14 (NKJV)
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Word Becomes Flesh
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

1 Peter 1:22-25 (AMP)
22Since by your obedience to the Truth through the [Holy ] Spirit you have purified your hearts for the sincere affection of the brethren, [see that you] love one another fervently from a pure heart.
23You have been regenerated (born again), not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting Word of God.
24For all flesh (mankind) is like grass, and all its glory (honor) like [the] flower of grass. The grass withers and the flower drops off,
25But the Word of the Lord (divine instruction, the Gospel) endures forever. And this Word is the good news which was preached to you.


... and my journey with Him continues ...

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