ICS Daily Devotions
Vibrant Praise

Psalm 100:4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

Vibrant Praise is a declaration of faith in God. It is singing out of our heart’s conviction regarding the God whom we worship! It is placing our faith in the maker of heaven and earth. It reminds us that He is the maker of all flesh and there is nothing too difficult for Him. We are also reminded that His love for us will never change and nothing in this world will ever separate His love from us. We sing out of our conviction of who God is! We are singing of His goodness, faithfulness and victory.

Some of us might belong to this category where we find it improper to be shouting and praising God loudly. We think that we belong to the high society and will not want to be seen as being emotional. Remember King David couldn’t care less what his servants thought about him when he praised God joyfully even with a dance.

Others might find it difficult to Praise the Lord when we are worried, bogged down by the stress and the different distractions in life. We tend to focus our attention on the urgent matters rather than the important ones. We must not allow our flesh to dictate us. Therefore, we need to discipline our flesh and begin to praise God intentionally! There is power in vibrant praise!

Psalm 26:7 That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all Your wondrous works.

Praise is a voice of thanksgiving. Our words of praise can shore up courage and take a fearful man to victory. We are all aware that faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God. Therefore, what we sing in the midst of any challenges will either build us up or continue to keep us oppressed or depressed.

When we sing vibrant praise songs that declare of God’s wondrous works, His almightiness and His victory, we sing it with our mouth, it is a declaration and we get to hear it in our ears. Faith rises up!

Turn the criticizing, murmuring and complaining to praise! Praise helps us to redirect our focus to God who works on the impossible rather than having our concentration on the matter at hand. Worrying doesn’t solve the problem. As we praise God, our mind and our emotion will come in line with the word. We will shift our faith in God rather than be dragged down by the circumstances. God’s faithfulness will never change.

We praise God for our salvation!

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