“PRAISE AND SEEK!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 617

February 7, 2023///

I want to encourage you to today to use the weapon of Praise that God has given us!

Let’s zero in on ten verses of Psalm 34. It is full of instruction and promises as we give God Glory!

Psalm 34:1-10 (KJV)
¹ I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
² My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
³ O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

We are to bless the lord and praise Him not just when things are going good, but at all times. When we don’t feel like it, when our life seems out of control and favor in what we do seems a million miles away, we need to praise.

We are to boast/realize who God is and it is He who made us, and He who has awesome plans for us!

We are to magnify and exalt His name, lift up the name of Jesus, let His name fall freely from our lips as we go through our day and the task and responsibilities of our lives.

You cannot praise and have self-pity at the same time. Choose Praise!

God promises He will keep us and hear us!

⁴ I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
⁵ They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
⁶ This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

He hears us, takes away our fears, our shame, and saves us out of our troubles!

Do you see that? He gives perfect love that dispels all fear because fear brings torment. Fear can even render you helpless!

Does your past haunt you or try to drag you backward in shame and regret. The loving Lord God Almighty takes away all shame and washes us clean and pure through the Blood of Jesus!

Do you need a miracle. Is trouble facing you from every side. Our God saves us out of all trouble. We may be in it, but He saves us out of it.

Does this sound like a good life to you, there is more!

⁷ The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
⁸ O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
⁹ O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

Angels are all about you when you are walking in the light of what Jesus did. There are ministering, warrior, and guardian angels that are all around you and they deliver you and protect you. How many times are we protected when we do not even know it? And all of us have close calls when we know we were protected and delivered by something greater than ourselves.

The Lord is good and when we taste His goodness through trust in Him, life is sweet and peace reigns in our hearts even in the midst of struggles!

When we fear or reverence the Lord God Almighty all our needs will be met, and we will not want for anything our life needs!

¹⁰ The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

Seek the Lord! As I shared last week, do we seek the Lord for our direction, or do we try to figure it out ourselves?

This 10^th verse tells us when we seek Him, we shall not lack any good thing. That is a promise that is difficult to wrap our minds around. Just seek Him. Is that the answer to a life lived in peace, joy, anointing, love, abilities, and power to do all we are created to do?

Indeed, it is! Jesus promises that in Matthews Gospel!

Matthew 6:33 (KJV)
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

How many times do we just decided to do something or make a necessary decision without ever praying and getting direction and then ask God to Bless it! If we seek Him first, follow His direction, then it will be Blessed!

Join me in speaking in sincerity these 10 verses of Psalm 34 our loud at least and then repeat it making it personal by putting yourself in the verse! “I seek you Lord” “You heard me and delivered me from shame and fear” etc.

Praise accompanied by the word, defeats devils, demons, and all power of the enemy!

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Father, I seek you above all else. I trust you and lean on you and snuggle close to you, knowing you are protecting, supplying, and filling me with abundant joy and peace. Guide everything I do! I ask it all in Jesus’ name! Amen

Praise! Love, MeMaw!