I Will Yet Praise Him

Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him
For the help of His countenance. ~ Psalm 42:5 NKJV

Have you ever reached the point that you didn’t know if you should laugh or cry? I have the nervous habit of laughing in insanely intense situations (as a side note: if I’m helping you carry something heavy and I begin to laugh, put your end down quickly because I’m about to drop mine).  The enemy has been coming hard against us for a while and though we’ve been doing our best to put our trust in God and not worry, sometimes worry still gets the better of us. While cooking dinner last night, the can opener broke and I had to work very hard to not laugh.  That was the laugh or cry point.

Last night when I was trying to sleep, Holy Spirit reminded me we have another option: praise.  What made the walls of Jericho fall? Faith, worship and praise. In Jeremiah 15:19, God offers us the chance to be His spokesman—to tell of His faithfulness—but we must “give up this mistaken attitude of despair and self-pity” and cleanse our hearts “from unwarranted doubt concerning My faithfulness.”

Maybe you’ve reached the end of what you think you can take before you break. When you reach that point, stand up and praise Him, kneel down and praise Him, get on your face and praise Him. Praising God, especially in your most desperate hour, removes the shackles from you and binds up your enemy, (Psalm 149:6-9).

©Heather Potts 2016