Not praise but worship. Do we really know the difference? Praise is expressing my gratitude for what God has done. Worship is exalting Him - just because He IS.
When King Hezekiah began his reign in 2 Chronicles 29, his priority was to restore the house of the Lord, which his father had destroyed. He could have said, "my father has done this terrible thing and now I don't know how I can make things right. The situation is too bad to be corrected". Instead he had all the priests and Levites cleanse and sanctify themselves and the Holy Place. His main desire was to honor God.
There are times when we can't see beyond what we see, and when what we see doesn't look good we start to doubt God's work and word in our lives.
Worship says that no matter what I see, Lord I want more of You.
Are we willing to say that? What type of priority are we willing to give worship? Do we limit worship to Sunday morning when the praise team sings or do we make it a way of life? Maybe we don't want to sanctify ourselves because that would mean we could not hold on to those hidden areas of our hearts that we're not ready to have revealed.
Psalm 29:2 says: "Give to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in holy array." (Amp)
Once you've seen things from God's perspective, the devil's devises won't bother you anymore - you've read the end of the Book, and you're sitting next to the Author.
Be blessed.
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