Lifting up your hands and thanking God is spontaneous and easy when you have just received a wonderful blessing: "God, I can't thank You enough for this miracle!" We are usually pretty good to thank Him when we can see the answer to a much needed prayer unfolding. Perhaps, you have just watched..as God plucked you out of some type of danger, just in time..maybe someone you've been praying for, for a long time has just received healing..or someone who wasn't a believer at all, has decided to trust Christ with their life. These are such times of celebration!
But there are times when maybe you don't FEEL like lifting up our hands to thank and to praise God...and yet..you do it. Perhaps you feel very discouraged lately. Perhaps everything is going wrong for you, and you feel like your life is in some type of mess. You can't hold back the tears. Yet..you make a conscious decision to lift your hands, and to thank God for being in the situation with you. You open your mouth and begin to praise Him, even though you really don't feel like doing it.
In the midst of the trial that you are going through, you praise Him that He is your righteousness in spite of all the mistakes that you have made. You thank HIm that He is your Prince of Peace, and that His peace will arise in you, and still the storms in your life.
My friend, God sees and appreciates such times, when despite feeling so discouraged, you offer thanks to Him..and when you choose to thank Him for his unfailing love, and His faithfulness to protect, deliver and provide for you, even when you don't see the blessings yet. Before long, you will find yourself experiencing and enjoying His presence. The Lord is good, and His mercy endures forever..just being in His presence is something to get excited about.
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