I was asking God for strength this morning. I googled "lord is my strength" and I found various scriptures, and these two in particular are kinda awesome.
Psalm 118: 13-15
13 My enemies did their best to kill me, but the Lord rescued me. 14 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. 15 Songs of joy and victory are sung in the camp of the godly. The strong right arm of the Lord has done glorious things!
Psalm 28:7
7 The Lord is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving.
These scriptures say that the Lord is my strength. And also that songs of victory and thanksgiving are sung to the Lord. In these particular scriptures God isn't requesting our praise because he gave us strength. It is explained somewhat like an involuntary reaction to already having strength. Songs of praise and thanks BURST out from us because we can't help but to sing to God for what he has done for us. (Be it strength, love, forgiveness, deliverance, whatever it is.) How often do we feel the Lords strength and forget to praise Him for it? The strength never leaves us. God is our strength and God lives in us, you can not separate the two. So weather or not we feel it in the natural, it is always there. Therefore we always need to burst out in songs or thanksgiving. We always need to sing songs to the Lord of joy and victory. If you think this could be a difficult thing to do, then try this. Take the next 5 seconds and think about God's love for you, for your family, and your life. Bursting out in praise will be an involuntary reaction.
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