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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Sing A Song of Praise In The Darkest Hours

As i was reading "The Applause Of Heaven" by Max Lucado, the chapter entitled "The Kingdom Worth Dying For" caught my eye for it talked about persecutions. How men of God went through persecutions and how God look at persecutions.

One of the persons mentioned in this chapter is John the Baptist. He got killed because he denounced Herod's marriage to his sister-in-law as adultery, Lucado wrote "Is this how God rewards his anointed? Is this how he honours his faithful? Is this how God crowns his chosen? With a dark dungeon and a shiny blade?" Do you feel as if you're in a dungeon of some sort? That God left you there to battle for yourself till the war is won? Or God has somehow forgotten you... Will He ever come back to fetch you? God has allowed trials and persecutions to take place because it's His will, but through it all, He has never and will never ever forget His children. He's just silent, that's all. His being is more real than the air you breathe even if you don't feel it. In the later part of the chapter, Lucado wrote "He (God) cares about persecutions. He cares about inequities and hunger and prejudice. And he knows what it is like to be punished for something he didn't do."

Perhaps, if you're facing attacks or persecutions, it's time for you to read Acts 16:16-40. Paul and Silas were thrown into jail for doing deliverence. Is that fair? I don't think so. But look at Acts 16:25 "But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them" Well, after being flogged (v23) and locked up (v24), they just sang lor (v25). That singing is worship and that worship is powerful! For it shook the earth and freed them (v26) and brought salvation to the jailer's household (v31-34) eventually. Instead of grumbling and complaining, they worshipped. Will you worship if it were you?

God knows everything that we are going through and justice and righteousness are His (Psalm 97:2). Never mind that you're going through a little pain and humiliation, because you will be truly blessed at the end of it. For the bible says "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:10)

Facing persecutions? Sing songs of praise unto Him, for you will be truly blessed.

waiyin

7:01 AM

God, I can't. You can