“I will bless the Lord at all times:
His Praise shall continually
be in my mouth.” ~ Psalm 34:“Continual Implies
enduring existence often through constant renewal – reoccurring thoughts
without fear…” Let’s meditate on this as we think about “Continual
application of God’s Word, the constant Love of Christ, and the strengthening
Power of the Holy Ghost. Last week the
Message was about “Enduring or temptations.”
A good way to do this, when we truly Love the Lord with all our heart,
is to enter into Continued Praise of our Lord and Saviour! To walk in Continued
Trust no matter the circumstance. The
Holy Spirit prompted David in the Psalms/songs to speak of “Continual Praise,
Truth, and the Goodness of God. Off times
when a crisis occurs we are weakened by the circumstance and perhaps tempted to
question God, or to let discouragement set in upon us. It is quite thought
provoking to think about God’s Continual Truth, and His awesome Continual
goodness to us in the land of the Living.
David comforted himself in Praise, Song, and Trusted in God in the midst
of his circumstance. Jesus had not yet come; avid did not know Salvation as we
know it today, yet He Trusted! His was a Continual Trust in God, an enduring
existence in the Commands of God and constant renewing of himself in his
commitment to a Holy God. How did he handle his difficult times? Psalm 27 is a
song of great distress, a time of discouragement that David was going through,
he recalls; “I had fainted, unless I
had believed to see the Goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on
the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say,
on the Lord.” We have all had times of waiting, and here, we
are encouraged to wait, to remember the Goodness of the Lord. It would be a great period of waiting if we
could do it with “Continual Praise” in the midst of our waiting. “Enduring
through constant renewal!” Renewing ourselves in our Faith, our commitment to
Christ, and Continually giving thanks for His Mercy endures forever. Our God is a “Continual” God. God never gives
up on us! He is a Faithful God. The Psalmist wrote in the 52nd Ps., “…the Goodness of God endureth Continually!”
We serve a God that said: “Nevertheless I Am Continually with Thee:” O let the Church enter into Continual Praise
and Worship for in Christ we have the Peace that passes all understanding! “I
will Hope Continually, and will Praise Thee more and more…!” Ps. 71:14
