Praising God

I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of your marvelous works. Psalm 9:1

How many times do we profess to the message in this verse—that we will praise You, O Lord with our whole heart? Yet when a problem arises or something goes wrong, we immediately begin to worry or doubt our faith in Jesus Christ. This verse does not tell us that we should praise our Lord only when everything is fine, when we are experiencing no problems. The verse tells us that we will always praise the Lord with our whole heart and that we will tell of the marvelous works of our Lord. We do that through the prayers that we pray, through the attitude we exhibit to others, through the way in which we treat others, through the way in which we help others who may be having difficulties. Our praise should be evident at all times. I challenge each of us today to praise our Lord and tell of His marvelous works as we go about our daily work.

Prayer: Our Heavenly Father, thank you for the many blessings that you have bestowed upon each of us. We praise your Holy Name. Help us to show that praise as we work with others, whether it be in our families, at work, or in our neighborhood. Help us to always show our praise for You. In Your name we pray, Amen.

Linda Douglas (reprinted from 2008 Eastridge Devotion book)