30 Days of Praise Day 26 Psalm 150:6

Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.

I know this "30 Days of Praise" has turned into more like "30 Weeks of Praise" but I'm determined to finish what I started out to do.

There's not much to dissect in this verse but I like to meditate on each verse I post to see what little hidden tidbits God has for me. I've been doing that with other verses, especially ones that pertain to certain sins I'm struggling with, or attributes of God I want to learn and understand better. For example, I sincerely struggle with my temper and keeping my fuse long. Lately it's been getting shorter and shorter, especially when I drive. I go from driving down the road, happily singing along with worship songs to morphing into a crazed cursing maniac when someone cuts me off or acts selfishly (which is quite often I'm ashamed to admit). Talk about a literal example of the verse in James 3:11 that talks about how fresh water and salt water shouldn't be flowing from the same spring. Ouch. So I decided to use the Word as my sword to fight against my carnal nature and this tendency to slip into the sin of anger. I wrote out a few verses pertaining to anger and have stuck them on the dashboard of my car. Each morning (and a few times during my commute), I read them and pray that the Lord would give me victory. And it's starting to help, I'm happy to say!

Back to the point: there is power in meditating on God's word. Something supernatural happens and His Words get written on the tablet of our hearts. They become part of us to help us with future temptations, to be able to know how to answer everyone, to ensure our speech is seasoned with grace and to praise Him with the breath that He has breathed into us. My prayer today is that my breath would be used for praising and not cursing.