Hey Treasures, I am sorry, I didn't get to post my face of the day yesterday. It's been crazy busy but today is Thursday, which thanks to Amanda at
A Royal Daughter I know it to be a day to share about your Desire to Inspire. She usually has a link up but I checked and didn't see it.
I wanted to share with God's lovely treasures, the message that was shared at my family in love's church on Monday. If you missed that post, you can read
HERE. So these are my notes, just try and hear my speaking. I am going to add in a couple nuggets that I shared as I was speaking. The good stuff that wasn't on my notes but just Holy Spirit inspired. I pray this will bless you.
PRAISE
ISAIAH 12:1-6 (NKJV)
A Hymn of Praise
12 And in that day you will say:
“O Lord, I will praise You;
Though You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away, and You
comfort me.
2 Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength
and song;
He also has become my salvation.’”[a]
3 Therefore with joy you will draw water
From the wells of salvation.
4 And in that day you will say:
“Praise the Lord, call upon His name;
Declare His deeds among the peoples,
Make mention that His name is
exalted.
5 Sing to the Lord,
For He has done excellent things;
This is known in all the earth.
6 Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of
Zion,
For great is the Holy One of Israel in your
midst
I will just go verse by verse using Isaiah 12 (found above)
Verse 1
And in that day you will say:
“O Lord, I will praise You;
Though You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.
--In this scripture the prophet Isaiah writes "in that
day(Possibly referring to the day of salvation?) you will say, 'O Lord, I will Praise You;' “Praise” in this scripture means “to give public acknowledgement” and/or “to declare aloud in public”, if you are making a public declaration or
acknowledgement then more than likely there will be a gathering you won't be alone. At the time that the book of Isaiah was written, God was angry at the children of Israel, they had continuously worshipped other idols and were rebellious. The prophet Isaiah is prophesying how "in that day" we will praise the Lord and He will comfort us. Before we may have felt alone
or isolated but once the day of salvation comes for us we now we will be gathered together to give PRAISE to the Lord.
Verse 2
2 Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;
He also has become my salvation.’”[a]
When I read, “I will
trust and not be afraid;” This reminded me of Psalm 34:4 which is a scripture that I have been declaring over my life.
PSALM 34:1-6(The Happiness of Those who Trust God)
34 I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my
mouth.
2 My soul shall make its boast in the
Lord;
The humble shall hear of it and be
glad.
3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
And let us exalt His name together.
4
I sought the Lord, and He heard me,
And
delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried out, and the
Lord heard him,
And saved him out of all his
troubles.
Here I shared about my fear of failure. I am going to save that for another blog post.
VERSE 3
3 Therefore with joy you will draw water
From the wells of salvation.
With JOY you will draw water (Springs of Living Water)
Well of salvation (Jesus)
JOHN 7:38 NKJV
He who believes in Me, as the Scripture
has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
ISAIAH 55:1a (An
invitation of Abundant Life)
“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come
to the waters;”
VERSE 4
And in that day you will say:
“Praise the Lord, call upon His name;
Declare His deeds among the peoples,
Make mention that His name is exalted.
In this verse, Call upon His name can also be said as “proclaim in HIS
name.”
Here we are NOT ONLY proclaiming-Declaring something publicly, declaring
somebody to be something, show what something is-BUT we are doing this is HIS
name.
There is power in the name of JESUS and not in the name of Victoria
THEREFORE as we praise, call upon, proclaim, declare, publicly speak of what
the Lord has done for you and for me, we must do it in HIS name.
We should be declaring our victories publicly, being careful that God
gets all the honor and glory, Sharing ALL that God has done for us.
DECLARE that we are victors, more than conquerors, victorious, over
comers, free, transformed, royalty. (you fill in here) WHO DOES GOD SAY YOU ARE??? Start with yourself and then
impart that into others.
Then we SHOW others by the way we live.
We make mention which means “to cause to remember”
This verse is urging us to publicly speak out on these things, to verbally
express, acknowledge, share and spread the goodness of God. His love, His
mercy, His grace.
VERSE 5
Sing to the Lord,
For He has done excellent things;
This is known in all the earth.
This verse tells us to sing TO the Lord. He has done EXCELLENT things
(NOT mistakes, Not accidents, Nothing questionable, or uncertain)
PSALM 5:11(NKJV)
But let all those
rejoice who put their trust in You;
Let them ever shout (SING) for joy, because You defend them;
Let those also who love Your name, Be
joyful in You.
VERSE 6
Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion,
For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst
Cry out and shout OR Shout Loud with Joy (like extra joy)
Shouting out ( Singing out) because the Lord isn’t angry at us,
He is our salvation
Our salvation from captivity (the people of Zion use to be the people
in captivity in Babylon)
We are no longer captives but set free in Jesus!
That is worth shouting over;
that is worth singing about.
To close up, let’s recap what we have learned in this chapter 12 of
Isaiah.
It is a hymn of praise and we see different ways to give praise.
·
Directly speaking to God (Verse 1)
· Declaring about God (Verse 2)
·
Drawing near to God (Verse 3)
·
Publicly speaking of God (Verse 4)
·
Directly singing to God (Verse 5)
·
Shouting (SINGING) out loud in joy (Verse 6)
These are some things we can ponder about regarding Praise.
1.
Attitude of Praise
2.
A will to Praise
3.
Mentality of Praise
4.
Heart of Praise
5.
Spirit of Praise
6.
Time of Praise
I HOPE YOU GOT SOMETHING FROM THIS. SINCE THESE WERE JUST MY NOTES AND CERTAIN THINGS I DID ELABORATE ON MORE WHILE SPEAKING BUT PRAYING THAT GOD WILL SPEAK TO US. THANKS FOR READING THROUGH. TAKE SOME TIME TO STUDY ISAIAH 12 AND LET ME KNOW WHAT GOD SHOWS YOU FROM IT.
PEACE AND BLESSINGS,
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