IS IT A GOOD TIME TO PRAISE THE LORD?

IS IT A GOOD TIME TO PRAISE THE LORD?

By Nelson Semanu & Elizabeth Boandoh-Korkor
(Bestselling Authors, FINANCIAL EVANGELISM)

“Praise the Lord”, “Glory be to God”, “God is Good”,  “Thank you Jesus”, “His Mercy Endures Forever”, “Thank you Lord”, may be very scarce to hear now but that does not change who God is.

In fact, even in the worst of times, God still reigns.

The world may be  crumbling under the dreaded coronavirus, but God still reigns! People may be dying all over world, but God still reigns. Men, women and children are continually fearing the risk of contracting the deadly virus. Yes! But God is still the King of the universe!

Praising God is a very good habit especially in the worst of times. Most of us forget about the SUPREMACY of GOD during tough times. But we should not!

 Indeed, the people who make the most noise when times are bad are the very ones who praise God less when everything is fine. Get  this right: In the most disastrous moment of your life, one of the things you must do is this: You must PRAISE more than you PRAY!

Why should we praise God?

Well, there basic reasons.

Firstly, WE PRAISE GOD BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS. God is omnipotent. He's all powerful. No evil or calamity is strong enough to change who God is.

It is therefore an insult not to praise Him during difficult times. When we seem to forget about who God is and begin to entertain fear and allow the spirit of intimidation to choke our hearts, we sell off our faith in the Almighty!

Secondly, WE PRAISE GOD FOR WHAT HE HAS DONE. It is impossible to recount all the dangers God has delivered us from in the past.
In fact, one of the most exciting times to praise God is when He has done or allowed something great to happen to us. We all feel very happy and rush to praise Him.

That’s when the testimonies flow!

Note this: We must not only praise God for who He is or what He has done. We must also learn to praise God for what He is about to do. And, honestly, this is the most difficult time to praise Him because, you may have no knowledge on what He is about to do or even when He will…..That’s the times in which we live NOW.

At such moments, you can pray until all your prayers get finished.

This is the reason why we must praise Him for what HE IS ABOUT TO DO. We have heard some people ask why, “So, of all the so-called men of God we have around, none of them ever saw this coming, especially those who claim to be prophets?”.

Sorry for you: God is not under obligation to communicate everything He wants to do or allow to us.

God may choose in some instances to do that, but if He doesn’t, He remains God. He does not take permission from us when He wants to allow something bad or good to happen to the world.

 He chooses what he does and what He allows at any point in time. It seems some of us think God has become our co-equal!

This is a very dangerous attitude to exhibit in our relationship with God.

We must watch our attitude towards God, especially during very difficult times.

It does not matter what may be happening now…

He is still the Almighty! All-powerful! All-knowing! He is the mover of Mountains and Men!

He is the WAY MAKER! He is the GREAT DELIVER! He is the AWESOME GOD!

He is the GREAT HEALER of our Land! He is the GREAT WARRIOR!

Praise the Lord!!!

~The authors are the bestselling authors of the book, FINANCIAL EVANGELISM.