Psalm 34:1-2 ‘I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the LORD…’
The soul left to its own devices will never produce the desires of the heart. It will respond and react to the external world. If the day is going well, you will be glad and happy. If the day is not so good you will be discouraged and depressed. But this formula will never deliver success.
We have to choose to go to praise at all times. We have to choose God’s truth over the world’s facts. The facts are that the weather might be miserable; your business, career, job, or family might not be where you want them to be. But the truth is what the Word of God declares about your life and this is where you need to choose to go to.
Look what the Word of truth says about those in Christ:
We are more than conquerors in Christ (Romans 8:37);
We are over-comers in Christ (John 16:33);
We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us (Philippians 4:13);
Thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph (1 Corinthians 15:57);
Through God, we will do mighty things for it is He who treads down all our enemies (Psalm 60:12);
God works in all things for good to those who love Him and are called unto His purpose (Romans 8:28).
It’s amazing how just a couple of minutes of declaring the word of God over our lives will begin to lift our soul! David chose to bless the Lord at all times. He chose to praise God continually. He directed and instructed His soul to boast in the Lord at all times.
The very thing that separates us from all of creation is that we have been given a free will. We are not purely instinctive like the animal kingdom. Our will sits in the zone of our self-awareness. We can stand back and look at ourselves and decide there and then, whether we will be the master over our souls or whether we will let our emotions, feelings, desires, and appetites dictate to us.
Today, right now, is the time to choose to be the master over your soul, your feelings, your circumstances, your world. Speak to your soul. Speak to your feelings. Speak to your circumstances. Speak to your world!
Yes, I know it feels awkward and even weird at first. But this is the way of faith and truth. This is how we govern our lives through that little thing called the tongue. The same way a little rudder guides and steers the greatest ships through the oceans of the world, so that little tongue in your mouth will steer and guide your life through the storms of life, over mountains, through valleys and into the plans and purposes designed by God for your life.
Get God’s Word on the tip of your tongue. Meditate upon and speak His Words. Allow God’s Word to go to work in your life!