Psalm 34:1, “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth." Everything in life requires time. You need time to murmur and complain, but when you decide to use all your time to bless the Lord, you would have no time left for murmuring and complaining.
Time is innocent, time is harmless, it is what we do with time that defines the outcome. The Psalmist said, "I will bless the Lord at all times." All, excluding none. Blessing the Lord at all times is the key to continuous blessings because when you keep blessing Him, He also will keep blessing you.
"And His praise shall continually be in my mouth." This is the Old Testament version of 1 Thessalonians 5:18 which says, "In everything give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." So, every circumstance should meet you in thanksgiving and leaves you in thanksgiving. There is no time to murmur.
Again, Ephesians 5:20 says, "Giving thanks unto God always." Thanksgiving is not just what you do, it is the life you live; you live out your thanks to God. If you stop at voicing out your thanks to God, it is incomplete because your voice is only a part of you. Genuine thanksgiving must involve your entire being and your whole life ? your utterances, thoughts, attitude, actions, everything!
Thanksgiving is an attitude that must be cultivated and expressed habitually. It is not what you do when things are working, it is a state you assume, come sun, come rain. Thanksgiving should not be conditional or occasional, it should be constant and perpetual. You know why you must be a habitual thanks giver? There are certain things God wants to do in your life but satan will keep looking for ways to push you to complain and murmur so that you can miss them.
"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?" (Psalm 34:2). Those who thank God are invariably making their boast in God. When you thank God, you are simply telling Him, "I know this situation before me is a cheap possibility with you."
At the tomb of Lazarus Jesus said, "Father, thank you because you hear me always." In other words, "I know you will do it." And God did it. When you offer thanks, you are making your boast in the Lord and as you boast in the Lord, He begins to boost your destiny. It is my prayer that thanksgiving would become your lifestyle.
Meditate On These: - 1 Thess. 5:18, Hebrews 10:38
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