1 "Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me,bless His holy name!
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,
4 Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s."
Read through the story of David's life sometime. Whether in good times or in bad, he is always praising the Lord and the Lord, The Faithful and True, always delivered him!
Others who came afterward followed his example, like the three teenagers who were thrown into the fiery furnace.
“And he {Nebuchadnezzar} commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Therefore, because the king’s command was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” “Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.””
Daniel 3:20-25 NKJV
Even the men who tossed them into it were killed because the fire was that hot. Not these three teenagers. Why?
Because the 4th "Man" showed up.....JESUS!
It's good to praise the Lord in everything, especially when going through a fiery trial. Like them, because Jesus is with us, we'll come out unscathed, not even smelling like smoke.
Oh, yes: PRAISE WORKS!
In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit would come and go because their sins could only be covered. Not us. We have THE ONE Who never leaves or forsakes us because our sins are cleansed, once for ALL TIME: The fourth Man, JESUS!
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