In Psalms 119:164 David said, "Seven times a day I praise you for Your righteous ordinances". We were talking about this over lunch and we realize that beside praying three times a day we should learn to Praise the Lord for the things He gives us, the things He has accomplished and is doing allover the earth and who He really is. These things are hidden in the Word or the scriptures. They also are referred to as ordinances or the law. Although we are not under the law any longer but Grace we still treasure them, for by getting into them we receive the riches of Christ as the Spirit and Life to sustain us in our daily lives and living.
One day a brother asked me, why do you say, "Praise the Lord", all the time?. It was an older brother who seemingly had lost the joy of the Lord or at that particular time was not enjoying the presence of the Lord. He was busy doing many things for the Lord through service, yet without joy. I was surprised to hear him say that. I was a young brother at the time, newly saved and enjoying the refreshing seasons of the Lord in my daily life. Every day the freshness of the Lord is so real when we come to Him by partaking of the riches in His word. I am enjoying His presence each time I open the scriptures and muse upon the words that He has spoken. The Words He spoke are Spirit and Life and whenever we come to the Word, we come to Him. The epistle of John shows us that in the beginning was the Word and the Word was God and is God. He also said that He is the bread of life and if we eat Him we shall live by Him. Furthermore the scriptures are Gods breath and whenever we take it in we are breathing in God's life and nature. Praise the Lord that the Lord is so available and that we can enjoy Him as such a reality day by day.
Besides partaking of the riches of Christ in such a simple way daily, we can also enjoy Christ during the many feasts with plenty of food during the big meetings with the Saints. Many a times I have seen cases of Saints who are serving the Lord yet without joy or the presence of the Lord. They can hardly open their mouth to praise the Lord. Nevertheless upon personally getting back into the Word and daily feeding on the living word from the scriptures at home or in the meetings, they eventually all come back to serve, express and share the riches of Christ with joy in our midst. Praise The Lord!
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