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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: WORSHIP OUR WAY OUT

One Of my favorite worship groups is Casting Crowns. Their lyrics touch home on a lot of their songs. Like Voice of Truth for example. The song says that satan tells us one thing that is a lie, but the voice of truth tells a different story. In other words, the still small voice of God always tells us the truth. We find freedom in His truth.

The truth is we are on a rollercoaster in our country. Things are up and down and there are dark clouds on the horizon. But we cannot allow the twists and turns or dark clouds to sway us. Our God will take care of us.  

There is another of their songs that hits closer to my subject for the day. Praise him in the storm. When life is stressful and everything is out of control like a tornado swirling about our lives, we can fall into fear, or we can have faith. These are our choices. Fear will only destroy you. Faith will give you the strength to lift your hands in praise, even if you don’t feel like it. We lift our hands and praise him through our storms. Suddenly, something happens, the storm doesn’t seem as big or as scary. Suddenly, we realize that our God is bigger. That tornado is now just a small thunderstorm. Did the circumstances change? Not really, but our focus changed. If we allow ourselves to focus on God, everything else is small in comparison.

Once again, I want to remind you of the story of Jehosophat found in 2 Chronicles chapters 17-21. He had three large armies coming against him. To the natural mind, there is no way he could win the battle. But he changed his focus from the enemy and how many there were against him. He called for fasting and prayer. He turned to the one who is big enough to handle his problems.

God told him to send his worshippers out front before they marched into battle. Most armies have their strongest warriors out front to show strength. To the natural mind it would seem silly to put singers and musicians out front. But he did, and God went before him and when they got to the battlefield, the enemy had destroyed themselves.

Psalm 22: 3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

God inhabits the praise of his people. It stands to reason the bigger the problem, the more we need to praise Him. He has promised us that he will never leave us. We have to listen to the voice of truth when he says he will take care of us.

There is not a storm too big, a problem too scary that our God cannot and will not fix if we trust him to handle it. But we have to praise our way out. More than anything else we need to remember that God has chosen to take care of us, so he will fight our battles for us.

Deuteronomy 9:3: “The Lord your God is He who goes before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy your enemies.”

Exodus 14:14: “The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”

Deuteronomy 20:4: “The Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

Deuteronomy 3:22: “Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.”

Psalms 106:1 – Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Thanksgiving is the lowest form of worship. It is simply thanking God for what he has done. But we have to allow our heart to connect with God and just praise him because he is God. Praise him because he is awesome. He created the heavens and the earth. He created each one of us.

The more we worship him, the more we change our focus. Once we have praised God, we can petition him for an answer to our problem. He will send the answer at just the right time. Even if that timing is not when we think it should be, he is perfect and knows what is best. When he says wait, it is for our own good.

Focusing on God will keep everything in perspective and help us weather any storm that comes our way.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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