Monday, May 23, 2011

Encourage Someone

"I will bless Yahweh at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth." Psalm 34:1. Later on in David's Psalm of praise and exhalation he invites others to join him in worship by saying:

"Oh magnify Yahweh with me and let us exhalt His name together." Psalm 34:3


Although there was no specific mandate at the time for Israel to proselytize to the nations, it is obvious that David was calling on members of the covenant. How are we today? We are to speak to one another with Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. This can be like giving one of Christ's believers a cool drink of water. We all need to be refreshed especially with the constant drone of economic woes, natural disasters and human tradgedy playing 24/7. Focusing on God's superlative goodness and power gives us confidence to work and walk victoriously knowing our labors are not in vain.

As the Proverb says, iron sharpens iron, so we can find others of like faith to encourage and be encouraged.