“When he came
near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives,
the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to
praise God in loud voices
for all the
miracles they had seen:
“Blessed is the
king who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Peace in heaven
and glory in the highest!”
Some of the Pharisees
in the crowd said to Jesus,
“Teacher, rebuke
your disciples!”
“I tell you,” he
replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
Luke 19:37-40
Several years
ago my wife and I were walking along the shore of Lake Ontario here in western
New York near a place called Chimney Bluffs.
She began to see
rocks on the beach that she liked and so I dutifully began picking them up and
carrying them.
She collected as
many as I could carry.
On some of the
larger rocks she painted the words:
“Ain’t gonna let
no rocks out praise me!”
Grammar aside,
the sentiment came from the passage above.
We have much to
praise God for.
I say that
regarding my wife and I but I also say it on behalf of all believers.
Sometimes, it’s
easy to miss those praise moments because our old nature wants to pull us out
of praising Him and lead us instead into complaining and grumbling.
Our old nature
seems so much better sometimes at recognizing what we ‘don’t have’ or what ‘isn’t
right’.
The new creation
that we are in Christ must turn our focus to Him.
That happens as
we begin to praise Him for who He is.
Our eyes move
from us to Him!
I remember some
words that must be from an old song that went something like this:
“Be silent ye
mountains
Ye fields and ye
fountains for this is the time I must praise.
Time to sing
praises to the Rock of the Ages…”
Are you praising
Him today?
Don’t let the rocks
out shine your voice of praise to Him!
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