Topic: Celebrating God
Text: Psalm 103:1-22

May I ask you this important question: What is more important to you, God’s blessings or His presence? Many of us serve God because we want victories over our enemies. We serve God because we want promotion is our place of work, and because of prosperity. However, God’s presence is more important than all these. Every true child of God, who is truly sanctified, will want to gaze at the beauty of the Almighty God on a constant basis. However, those of us who are sanctified realize that, at certain times, we seem to search for Him in vain. Once in a while, just as the cloud covers the sun, the cloud covers the Sun of righteousness and yet we want to see Him. What do you do when the cloud covers the sun? If you are really desperate, you go above the clouds. Once in a while, in the spiritual, we need to go beyond the clouds so that we can see the Sun, without any obstruction. How do we do this? Isaiah 40:31 give us a clue, “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” How do we wait upon the Lord? This is by praising Him and not by bombarding Him with requests. Those who know how to wait upon the Lord go into His presence with praises. As they praise Him, they feel their own heads swelling and feeling something lifting them out of their flesh, taking them beyond the clouds. They find themselves in a place where they forget all their problems. They forget all disappointments and instead have a joy that comes from knowing that they belong to God. God will then show them what He can do; this is the moment of God’s glory and His majesty. As you continue to celebrate Him He will visit you and leave a blessing behind. Try praises today. It works.

Memory Verse: Isaiah 40:31 - “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”