Praise Him always..

It seems God is weighing Psalms 78 on my heart...

and I started reading it, and I'm thinking..

ok, why did you want me to read this?

it's somewhat long for a Psalm...

it's pretty much just going over how the israelites

turned their back on God in the desert .

How God brought them out of Egypt,

and how he protected them, how he guided them..

How he split open rocks to give them

more water then they could ever need..

He divided the sea and led them through;

he made the water stand firm like a wall.

He guided them with the cloud by day

and with the light from the fire all night.

He split open rocks in the desert and gave them

water as abundant as the seas; he brought streams

out of a rocky crag and made water flow down like rivers.

But they continued to sin against him, rebelling

in the desert against the most high.

They willfully put God to the test by demanding

the food they craved.

Psalm 78:13-18

I read that, and I'm like...

"Umm..yeah I know all this already..."

personally I always thought..

"Man those israelites were freakin dumb in the desert"

how can God do all these miracles, and you still turn your backs on him,

How can he give you springs of water and then you say...

Well thats lovely but can you also give us some meat? some food?

I mean surely if he can make a rock spring forth water...

he can give you food..come on now...how retarded are you?

BUT we first must remember this is over a span of what? 40 years?

and how can I or anyone else for that matter call these people dumb?

Do we not do the same things?

Do we ourselves not praise God one minute, and then forget about him the next?

Do we not go.."God..I'm struggling right now"

and he lifts us out from whatever mess we are in, and then

the next minute we are like "God...I am stressing over this or that"

"Lord..I really need your help in my relationship" or whatever..

Isn't God always there for us? sure things don't always go according to our plan,

but guess what? they go according to his! I think we need to learn to

rejoice about the things that God has already done in our lives...

and know he has a plan for the future.

We need to learn to praise him, to know all things happen for a reason

even if we can't understand that reason.

I'm not by all means claiming I do that..

I worry/stress/freak-out just as much as anyone maybe even more.

But obviously with him pointing this scripture out to me...

it's his way of telling me and YOU

"Hey...I got it all under control..don't worry about it"

In spite of all this, they kept on sinning;

in spite of his wonders, they did not believe.

So he ended their days in futility and their years in terror.

Whenever God slew them, they would seek him;

they eagerly turned to him again.

They remembered that God was their rock, that

God most high was their redeemer.

Psalms 78:32-35

I've spoken of this before but..

it seems for a lot of people, and this use to be me..

we can become lazy in seeking God..

when something good happens we say praise God..

However it seems only in the bad times

do we even bother to acknowledge him.

when we are drowning in sorrow, thats the easy time..

for us to become a "believer"

When we are struggling and need help

we look up, but when things are going good

do we praise him? do we seek him the same?

do we still put him first? or do we put him up on a shelf

like alot of people do and only take him down when we think we need him.

on our death beds

After lives lived..

and years come fading in

we come looking for a savior

to come and save us again.

People that put him back up on a shelf only to take him down

when it suits their needs, thats just not how God is going to work..

"homey don't play dat" (lol)

If anyone remembers that line from "In Living Color"

anyways as you can see in psalms 78:32...

God blessed them but they stilled ignored him...

but then what does he do?

he gets mad right? because as I've said before..

God is a jealous God..he wants your full attention,

and if you are going to ignore him... then he will step aside

and allow things to happen.

As we read we see only then did the israelites worship him..

only after God showed his fury aka only

when they were in trouble did they bring God off the shelf

and talk with him and praise him....sound familiar?

it should...because thats how alot of "Christians" are today..

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying God doesn't want to help you..

but don't be like the israelites were and completely ignore

and take all that he did/does for granted...

every breath you breathe...every day you wake

wether we are living in bad times or good times

we should praise our Lord...our savior and redeemer!

It falls apart
From the very start
It falls apart

It falls apart
Everything around me
Falls apart

It falls apart
From the very start
It falls apart
Seems like everything I touch

Falls apart
Everything around me
Falls apart
When I walk away from you

I wish I could
But I don’t always keep the promises I’ve kept
I wish I could
But I can’t always give whatever I have left


And now it’s all so clear
Doesn’t anyone see what’s happening here?!

It falls apart
From the very start
It falls apart
Seems like everything I touch

Falls apart
Everything around me
Falls apart
When I walk away from you

When I walk away from you

I know I should
But I don’t always say what you want me to say
I know I could
But I don’t always act like everything’s okay

And now it’s all so clear
Doesn’t anyone see what’s happening here?!

It falls apart
From the very start
It falls apart
Seems like everything I touch

Falls apart
Everything around me
Falls apart
When I walk away from you

When I walk away from you

When I walk away from

Everything I
Have ever been made of
Hates who I am
I’m so glad you waited
Can’t get my mind
Off how you can love me
I’m so behind
You’re so far above me

And you’ll always be the wind
Under my wings
Above me

And you’ll always be the wind
Under my wings
Above me

I
Will not
Let it go to waste
I’m taking all
I’ve got
And leaving this place
And I
Will not
Let it go to waste
I’m taking all
I’ve got
And leaving this place

And I
Will not
Be taking up space
I’ll take my best shot
I’m picking up the pace and

It falls apart
From the very start
It falls apart
Seems like everything I touch

Falls apart
Everything around me
Falls apart
When I walk away from you

It falls apart
From the very start
It falls apart
Seems like everything I touch

Falls apart
Everything around me
Falls apart
When I walk away from you

When I walk away from you

When I walk away from you