Praises

Today was just one of those days where everything that could annoy me, tried to. It was where things felt frantic and chaotic. It was one, sadly, where it even felt hard to give praise to God because of the focus on how my day went.
I love God's Word. And i love how He still speaks through it to me. Tonight i was reading Psalm 103. It starts off with David saying:

"Praise the Lord, I tell myself; with my whole heart, I will praise His holy name. Praise the Lord, I tell myself, and never forget the good things He does for me."

David was considered a man after God's own heart, but yet he still had to tell himself to praise the Lord. Not once, but twice. The man who had defeated Goliath as just a boy, the man who fought with bare hands against lions and bears, the man whose bloodline God chose to send His one and only Son to save the world, had to tell himself to praise the Lord? I've had those moments, like today, where i had to tell myself to praise Him, as im sure everyone has had, including David.
I thought of the scripture where God says He inhabits, or lives in, the praises of His people. (Psalm 22:3)
Obviously the devil doesnt want us to give praise to God. Do you think he wants God to dwell in us? The answer would be no. Of course he is going to try to stop us from giving praise to the Lord. He's always going to try and throw circumstances at us to keep us from praising God. It's easy to praise the Lord when things are going easy, but when things are tough, it's hard. Thats when we bring a sacrifice of praise. Thats when we need to praise harder and stronger than ever. Praise is something to push us through whatever situations life puts us through. Praise is where God dwells!
No, praise isnt always easy to do. But isnt the God we serve worthy of it? Isnt He deserving? Our highest praise isnt enough for Him. He's that worthy and holy, that we could never praise Him enough. That is definitely a God worth praising with all we have.
As for me, I too, will praise the Lord.

Unlimited

I love to sit by my window at night and just look up into the sky. I live in the city so not too many stars are as visible as they would be in the middle of nowhere. But still, i can see many. I've always had an interest for stars and space, maybe because its so far away and still a great mystery. Its something that has been there since God created it thousands of years ago which is also intriguing. Its quite amazing to think about. As i was reading tonight, i came across the verse in Isaiah 66:1:

"Heaven is MY throne, and Earth is MY footstool.
Could you ever build ME a temple as good as that?
Could you build a dwelling place for ME?"

I've read that verse many times and knew it pretty much by heart. But tonight i actually thought deep about it. Heaven is His throne. Just by looking up into the sky, it doesnt take a genius to figure out it's massiveness. Just for fun, i decided to do some research. I thought about the sun and how huge it is. I Googled some facts on the sun.
Did you know the sun is measured at approximately 875,000 miles across? Or how about it has a radius of 435,000 miles and is considered only an average sized star? You could fit 1.3 MILLION Earths inside the sun. Okay, so if the sun is in the heavens and the sun is that huge, but yet still an average star, how much bigger is the universe and all that is within it that hasnt even yet been discovered? It has to be MASSIVE.
Im not sure if this realm of the heavens was what was being referred to in Isaiah 66, but this alone gave me a new view on how big our God is. God is bigger than the biggest star. God is still more radiant and glorious than the brightest star.
That takes me to the next part:

"Could you ever build ME a temple as good as that?
Could you build a dwelling place for ME?"

In other words, could you fit God in a box, or building? Hold on, Nellie! Cuz this part blows my mind...God is so big, so wonderful, that He cannot be contained. He cannot be limited or confined to the biggest temple on the earth, or the largest anything anyone could try to put Him in. He's everywhere, He's so great that our minds cant ever even comprehend.
He cannot be limited. But yet, why do i find myself limiting Him and His power?

A few weeks ago, i was full of anxiety and fear. I was seeking God harder than ever but still was worried He'd left me or no longer loved me. I was still worrying when He spoke to me these words: "You're afraid I'll let you down." Instantly, i felt ashamed and guilty because i knew i thought that. I was worried that if i didnt feel God's presence the moment i sought Him, that He'd left me. I was also worried that if I prayed, He wouldnt hear me or answer my prayers. But who am I to think this about the One who said He'd never leave me, nor forsake me? The One who created the universe and everything in it, but still loves me more than His marvelous creation? The One that sent His Son to die on the cross? The Author and Finisher of my faith?
It's true. I limited God. I told myself He could only do so much. I told myself He couldnt and didnt want to save me from the greatest of sins, that He no longer loved me because of my sin. Those were lies. Lies Satan threw at me to cause me to make me slip in my relationship with my Savior. God loved me enough to send His Son to die for me...to cleanse me, to save me from my sins. Thats the reason why He sent Jesus. Through Jesus, I am able to come to the throne of God and ask for forgiveness of my sins. If He didnt love me, then why would He have sent Jesus to remove my sins and make me spotless so a loving and sinless God could look upon my heart?

It's hard to comprehend the love of the Holiest God. His love is not like humanly love, but is so much greater. So unlimited unlike humanly love. His love is the true definition of unconditional love, or love itself.

I couldnt ever confine God to one small box, because He's far too big, powerful, and mighty, so i refuse to confine Him to the things He can do. I want to serve Him in a limitless kind of way, because He is a limitless kind of God.