Two simple things....

Praise the Lord….

This morning at the meeting we were encouraged to praise the Lord with not only our spirit but also our whole being, our heart, mind, emotion and will.  It struck a chord within me and reminded me on the verses in Mathew 22:37 -40 that the foremost commandment is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul and spirit and secondly to love our neighbour as ourselves. By doing these two things we fulfill all the law and the commandments. Life would be so simple and love would prevail amongst all mankind if only we keep these two commandments.

This morning at our meeting with the Saints, I was glad to be reminded to exercise my mind, emotion and will and to praise the Lord from whom all blessings flow. All the blessings we receive spontaneously whenever we call upon His name and sing praises to our God.  

Many times, especially on the weekends when we gather together to worship the Lord our God we merely open our mouths to praise him. Our minds are off somewhere in another space at times and we consider all the things that we should have done right from wrong over the past days, weeks and months. The enemy even helps us in this matter and accuses us in our mind that we are not worthy to open our hearts to the Lord to utter a praises for all the things He has accomplished.  Things  such as saving us by regeneration, renewing us daily by the infilling of His Holy Spirit,  transforming us according to His will or heart’s desire  and making us one with Him according to His own image and likeness to express Him and carry out His dominion in whatever place we reside.

For me, it does not take much to deny the lies of Satan that prevents me from opening from deep within. The blood of Christ that was shed on the cross for our redemption still is effective since it has eternal power to wash and cleanse us from every sin.  What a joy to claim the cleansing of the blood of Christ that was shed on the cross for our sins or shortcomings to overcome the accusations of the enemy that come into our mind. By applying the blood in prayer we sense the washing of the blood as the Spirit cleanses us afresh from everything that keeps us down.  It does not take long before we can open up to Him in praises and songs for all the accomplishments that are fully unveiled to us when apply the blood and fully open up our hearts to Him. Whenever our heart turns to the Lord the veils are taken away and we all enter into the joy of the Lord with all the other believers to fully enjoy the fullness of God in Christ as the flowing Spirit that saturate our mind, emotion and will. Corporately we uttered praises to the Lord our God and all entered into the joy of the Lord.

Our meeting was greatly uplifted and we all loved the Lord our God with our whole being, our heart, soul and spirit. Furthermore I realized that once we enter into such a reality, the love of God abides in us, enabling us  to love our neighbours as even as ourselves. Amen.