Let's Worship!

When Hannah received what GOD promised her she spoke praising GOD(1 Samuel 2:1-10). Moses and Israelites sang songs of praise after GOD had brought them through the red sea and drowned all their enemies (Exodus 15:1-18). Mary sang when she was overjoyed in knowing the goodness of GOD in her life (Luke 1:46-55).

Do we sing to GOD only when our prayers are answered? Do we sing only when we are happy and fully satisfied. James 5:13 says,”Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.”  Does this mean that we don’t sing at all when we have things not working out for us?

I understand that it is difficult to thank when we do not know what to thank for or praise when we do not know what to praise for. When we don’t receive what we prayed for its difficult to say “thank YOU LORD”, let alone sing a newly composed song! So do we always wait for that time when we are cheerful and sing a new song then? Is GOD different in your different situations? Is HE not the same yesterday, today and forever?

I think this verse simply means that we should make ourselves cheerful by singing praises to HIM. Good days will come. Why wait until then? Let us sing, let us sing praises for the things we have not yet seen. Let us praise like David did when he was in his lowest. When David pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he left he says I will extol the Lord at ALL Times; his praise will ALWAYS be on my lips Psalm 34:1. In Acts 16:25 Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to GOD, in prison!

It is high time we realize the power and importance of praising GOD. GOD deserves praise. Who are we to decide which situation is right to worship and which is not?  Let us praise GOD, not because of what he has done or for what HE is going to do, instead let us praise GOD for who HE is! Our Lord God is worthy to receive glory and honor and power Revelation 4:11.

Beautiful

Hey my beautiful/handsome readers!

A few days ago I was thinking why do we always ask people to smile for pictures. Though we don’t think of it but subconsciously we all know that everybody looks beautiful when they smile. It’s a GOD given natural makeup. No matter what color a person is, their caste, their gender, background or anything else. Everybody looks nice when they smile.

Smiling just automatically brightens up our face and automatically makes others looking at us smile too! It is so cute. I really ask those who are reading this to smile for a second. Even if you don’t feel like. Just for a second. Didn’t it just make you feel a little lighter?

I once saw a video where in they asked a couple adults and kids,  “If you got a chance to change something in their body what would that be?”

Every adult wanted to change something, increase their height, have a smaller forehead, be a little less chubby and so on. A few kids wanted no change and other kids wanted superpower! But there was an old lady who said that if she changed anything about her she would not be her. And she didn’t want to do that. She liked the way  she was.

Why does it take so long for some people to realize that. We try so hard to fit in when we were made to stand out. We want to be taller, fairer (this mostly happens in India!), more skinny (sometimes more skinnier than a skeleton!). Unfortunately these are man-made standards, which is sad. For whom are we trying to look pretty. A person who can accept you when you are completely flawless will never love you fully. He/she will always want more from you. But, love is unconditional. And for how long? If tomorrow they find someone more “perfect” than you they will dump you with no remorse or guilt! They will get over you like you never existed.

1 Samuel 16:7 says “People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” He knows what’s important. No one can bear someone with a beautiful face but stinky heart. Their real nature shows up sometime or the other and no matter how they look outside they are not “beautiful”. One has to have a beautiful heart. Luke 6:45 “A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart”. 

My dear friend, you know what you are capable of. You know your strengths. Cultivate them, let you good works speak for you. If you are a person who always speaks positive, talks kind and is humble people will love you no matter what. In fact they will even draw towards you. Inner beauty attracts the right people towards you.

Beauty is only skin deep. It will not last forever and certainly not all the time! Stop hating your body. And stop feeling sorry for yourself. There is always someone out there who would swap his/her life with yours in a heartbeat if they got a chance. You and I just don’t realize it.

Just be you. Be confident in your own skin. Be your own fan! Love what you have been given. You are beautiful. You are handsome. And if you still don’t believe me. Smile and look in the mirror, you’ll know what I am talking about.

Good bye my loves

PLEASING GOD ALONE

But JESUS did not commit Himself to them, for HE knew all men, and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for HE knew what was in man.  John 2:24, 25

The desire to please men, to hear them testify well of you is futile. It is a time consuming, worthless desire. Nothing you do can please men. They will always find something better and a reason to justify why u were not up to the mark. Pleasing GOD also isn’t easy but it’s at least not futile. The time spent in pleasing GOD is always worthwhile. He understands our weaknesses and considers our efforts. There is nothing we can do to say that it was the best GOD could have ever got. No, we can’t! But we can always find him treasure the smallest gift that we give HIM. That’s because he loves us. And he cares for us.

JESUS knew men. HE knew what was in man. And that’s why he did not want to please them. HE chose to please GOD instead by doing HIS will. HE did not mind if men did not approve his teaching or refused to believe in the miracles HE did. HIS focus was not to attract those who did not want HIM; instead HE came for the needy. The ones who needed HIM, HE came for them. And HE didn’t allow anything of this world to lead HIM astray from HIS purpose.

Time and again the Jews asked HIM for a sign (1 Cor. 1:22) and then rejected the evidence that HE provided. HIS resurrection was the greatest proof of HIS deity (Matt. 12:38-40), but the Jews did not understand what HE was talking about. They would destroy the temple by crucifying HIM, but HE would triumph over them in HIS resurrection.

Today, if men do not appreciate u for the efforts you take, if the hard work that you put into is unnoticed, if you feel that no one wants to testify well of you let me tell you that it was also the same case with JESUS. HE has been through it all. He understands you.

And moreover we do deserve to be treated like this because we are born of flesh and we are sinners. We deserve what we get but its GOD who chooses to give us what we don’t deserve. And that’s the best. Wait on HIM and toil to please HIM. I bet. It will be worthwhile.