Date: Monday, 9th December, 2024
Text: Hebrews 13:15
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
The type and worth of gift you give to a person will be determined not only by the size of your pocket but also by the calibre of the person you are dealing with. In the same vein, the way you dress to a function will be determined by the type of function and the calibre of people that will attend the occasion. For example, the way you dress to visit a casual friend in your neighbourhood is not the same way you will dress to visit a king, a president or a governor.
The best gift you can give to God apart from your heart (life) is the fruit of your lips also called the Sacrifice Of Praise- Hebrews 13:15; Hosea 14:2c.
If you have the opportunity to hear God speak to you in his glorified form, what would it sound like? Two people in the Holy Scriptures gave us crucial information on this. One of them was John the Beloved. He encountered the glorified Christ on the Island called Patmos and he described his voice as, “The sound of many waters.” Revelation 1:15
The other person who testified on this was the prophet Daniel. In his own case he said, “And the voice of his (God’s) words (sound) like the voice of a multitude” Daniel 10:6c.
In order words when God spoke, it was as if millions, billions or perhaps trillions of people chorus the same words at the same time. Imagine you hear such a person spoke to you, how would you describe it? I guess you would say, “Awesome!”
Now if you want to praise that wonderful Supreme Being, how would you do so acceptably? In fact, if you praise him a thousand times over and over, you have just started.
Perhaps, that is why Charles Wesley penned down the lyrics of the popular hymn which says,
“O for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer’s praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of His grace.
Another song writer wrote a popular song we sang a lot back then at the turn of the millennium, which says,
“I will praise you Lord
With every breadth that I take
I will praise you Lord
This promise I make
And should eternity end
I’ll start all over again
Even then I will praise you Lord.”
Action Nugget: Spend quality praising God as a habit as from today!