At All Times

When do you engage in lifting spirits up? When are you active in magnifying God?

“¹I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. ²My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. ³Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!” – Psalm 34:1-3 (ESV)

At all times we should be lifting spirits. At all times we should be magnifying God. These are areas that I certainly need work.

You can see in the verse above that we are to bless, boast, magnify, and exalt the Lord. When we do, we are lifting the spirits of those that need some lifting. My NIV Bible uses the word “afflicted” where my ESV Bible uses “humble” in verse 2. I think that may be a better descriptive word to use in what our overt praises do to impact others. When we are lifting up with overt positive outpouring, those around us will pick up on it begin to “be glad”, at least more than where they were before.

As stated in verse 1 we should “bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be”. We are to always be praising God and lifting spirits. Not just in our times of fortune, but for all so they will have more fortune than before we arrived.

Are you lifting others? Are you blessing the Lord? Are you exalting the name of the Lord? Are you doing these at all times?