Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
I Chronicles 29:11-14
I woke up singing the title this morning. Honestly, those were the only words I could remember but after sitting down to write, some of the words came back to me: “What kind of God would do this for me? Victory, grace and mercy, He is so special, simply incredible, He's so incredible, an incredible God deserves incredible praise.” The word incredible simply means beyond belief, more than you could have thought possible; amazing, awesome and astonishing. How this resonates within me because we serve such a mighty God. If we can take the time to read of His awesomeness throughout the Bible or even think on the mighty acts He has performed in our life, we could spend the rest of our lives, praising God. In fact, we were created to praise whether He did anything for us or not. And the Word says, Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord (Psalm 150)!
The passage today is an example; this final prayer of thanksgiving from the mouth of David, where he begins to praise God during the prayer and in front of the congregation: You, O Lord, we praise because you are the greatness, power, glory and majesty; and the victory for all that is and it all belongs to you. You, and you alone, in the heaven and in the earth, are above everything, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Everything we have comes from you, you are in control and rule supreme. You possess all power and our strength comes from you. You, make us great among men for without you and your hand, oh God, we could accomplish nothing. This is why we praise you, because you are God. Then He asked, “But who am I and what is my people that we should be able to offer so willingly after all you have done for us because everything comes thee, and everything we give back is yours. How worthy are we that you would see fit to bless us in such a manner? (Read I Chronicles for background study)
How precious is that prayer of thanksgiving? It is so humble and so David. It should be our prayer as well, as we meditate on how God has blessed us and how He has made provisions as we travel along this journey doing His will. All that we have is His and it behooves us to have the mind of David and be thankful and willing to give back to Him a praise that would make the earth tremble. We must continually praise Him not for His goodness and mercy (Ps 34:1), but for just being God, a sovereign God, a Holy God, a righteous God, a God of favor, mercy and love. The God who made heaven and earth, the God of all flesh, all the day long no matter what we are faced with, praise Him. When times are to our liking and in the times when we struggle; not only when there are no bumps in the road to the rocky and rolling times of adversity.
Lord, I willingly submit myself to you as a freewill offering, to go and to do all that you have purposed for my life and to continue in you for ever. Let my heart always be upright before you as I offer to you, an incredible deserving God, from my lips today and everyday, an incredible praise!
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Praise Meditations: Psalm 44:8, Psalm 51:15, Psalm 63:3, Psalm 104:33, Psalm 145: 3, 21, Psalm 146:2.
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
I Chronicles 29:11-14
I woke up singing the title this morning. Honestly, those were the only words I could remember but after sitting down to write, some of the words came back to me: “What kind of God would do this for me? Victory, grace and mercy, He is so special, simply incredible, He's so incredible, an incredible God deserves incredible praise.” The word incredible simply means beyond belief, more than you could have thought possible; amazing, awesome and astonishing. How this resonates within me because we serve such a mighty God. If we can take the time to read of His awesomeness throughout the Bible or even think on the mighty acts He has performed in our life, we could spend the rest of our lives, praising God. In fact, we were created to praise whether He did anything for us or not. And the Word says, Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord (Psalm 150)!
The passage today is an example; this final prayer of thanksgiving from the mouth of David, where he begins to praise God during the prayer and in front of the congregation: You, O Lord, we praise because you are the greatness, power, glory and majesty; and the victory for all that is and it all belongs to you. You, and you alone, in the heaven and in the earth, are above everything, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Everything we have comes from you, you are in control and rule supreme. You possess all power and our strength comes from you. You, make us great among men for without you and your hand, oh God, we could accomplish nothing. This is why we praise you, because you are God. Then He asked, “But who am I and what is my people that we should be able to offer so willingly after all you have done for us because everything comes thee, and everything we give back is yours. How worthy are we that you would see fit to bless us in such a manner? (Read I Chronicles for background study)
How precious is that prayer of thanksgiving? It is so humble and so David. It should be our prayer as well, as we meditate on how God has blessed us and how He has made provisions as we travel along this journey doing His will. All that we have is His and it behooves us to have the mind of David and be thankful and willing to give back to Him a praise that would make the earth tremble. We must continually praise Him not for His goodness and mercy (Ps 34:1), but for just being God, a sovereign God, a Holy God, a righteous God, a God of favor, mercy and love. The God who made heaven and earth, the God of all flesh, all the day long no matter what we are faced with, praise Him. When times are to our liking and in the times when we struggle; not only when there are no bumps in the road to the rocky and rolling times of adversity.
Lord, I willingly submit myself to you as a freewill offering, to go and to do all that you have purposed for my life and to continue in you for ever. Let my heart always be upright before you as I offer to you, an incredible deserving God, from my lips today and everyday, an incredible praise!
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Praise Meditations: Psalm 44:8, Psalm 51:15, Psalm 63:3, Psalm 104:33, Psalm 145: 3, 21, Psalm 146:2.
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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