By Andrew Williams – December 17, 2021
In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah where she entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped inside her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Then she exclaimed with a loud cry: “You are the most blessed of women, and your child will be blessed! How could this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For you see, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped for joy inside me! She who has believed is blessed because what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled! ”
Luke 1:39-45 HCSB
Good morning fellow disciples.
When we are in the presence of God, it is the norm to just break out in praise and worship. Because we know who our God is, and because we know who we are, we just have to bow down in worship to Him, shout in praise to Him, dance in praise to Him, and worship Him with our voices and with our bodies.
In this passage we see Elizabeth praising God because she realized as soon as she saw Mary that her God, her Lord, her Master, Jehovah Himself was the baby inside Mary. What could she do but to give praises to God?
When we are in right standing with God, we will know the exact moment that we come in contact with Him or come into His presence or come into contact with somebody who is spending time in His presence.
This morning I implore you to praise and worship God as you go into His presence. It is the right thing to do. It is the only thing to do that will bring glory and honor to Him.
My brothers and sisters, what a joy it is to be in God’s presence. Today, as you read this devotional, as you read His word, as you spend time listening to worship songs and sermons, and fellowshipping with others may you break out in spontaneous praise and worship to God.
Prayer: Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Go ahead, praise the Lord, all you loving servants of God! Keep it up! Praise him some more! For the glorious name of the Lord is blessed forever and ever.
From sunrise-brilliance to sunset-beauty, lift up his praise from dawn to dusk! For he rules on high over the nations with a glory that outshines even the heavens. No one can be compared to God, enthroned on high! He stoops down to look upon the sky and the earth.
He promotes the poor, picking them up from the dirt, and rescues the needy from the garbage dump. He turns paupers into princes and seats them on their royal thrones of honor.
God’s grace provides for the barren ones a joyful home with children so that even childless couples find a family. He makes them happy parents surrounded by their pride and joy. That’s the God we praise, so give it all to him!
Psalms 113:1-9 TPT