Prison of Souls
Kalangan Sendiri

Prison of Souls

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Psalm 42:6

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.

 

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The most difficult thing to do is praising God in the midst of our trouble. Our soul is disquieted and depressed, our lips go numb, and tears overflow. Our prayer is wrapped in a yelling for God. We yell at God in the trouble, yet our souls are imprisoned and cannot bring worship unto God.

And so it is with the psalmist. The psalmist learned that there was another dimension of praying—a dimension of praising God. Many times we miss it because we come to God’s presence bringing so many words to pour out our heart.

We need to understand that the most essential thing is to lead our heart and mind and let them bring praise to the Lord in our prayer. We need to learn to praise Him in the crying of our soul, for it is the key to receive God’s miracles. Praising God can awake the weary soul and turn our attention from big troubles to God’s might in our life.

When Paul and Silas were in prison, they were praying and singing hymns to God, and His miracles happened. Their chains were loosed because God’s power set them free ([bible]0acts16:25-26[/bible]). When praises are lifted, God’s power come down to our life and all troubles go away, and we can deal with every problem with our eyes and faith set on Him.

Do not let trouble imprison our souls that we cannot apply this truth. Set your mind and heart free so you can pray and praise the Lord. This will bring our prayer to the higher dimension; we pray more than just asking. Because God’s highest hope is to let His people know and apply the truth, for praises are sacrifices that please God. So, let praises to the Lord become our gate of prayer to take pleasure in God’s presence.

Nothing would get beyond one’s joy but the free soul to praise the Lord.

Ikuti Kami