Lift your praises

The freedom to worship DID continue! There is nothing like getting past your fears of praising God among other believers. I mean, how funny is that? For real?! "Too afraid to give the Almighty the praise He deserves while you're with others that are there for the same purpose."

There's nothing like closing your eyes and singing songs of praise to Him while lifting your hands straight up to Him. It's a feeling of total surrender and trust. He's been reaching down His hand the whole time to hold ours, but we've been neglecting to raise our hands to meet His. How ignorant can we be?

The last time I felt free to raise my hands in surrender and in praise was while laying face down on the floor in my living room, sobbing and pouring out my heart to Christ. He loves that!

You are righteous
You love justice
And those who honour You
Will see your face

I will arise and lift my eyes to see
Your majesty
Your holiness
And all I am will bless you

My hope is in the Name of the Lord
Where my help comes from
You're my strength, my song
My trust is in the Name of the Lord
I will sing your praise
You are faithful

MY HOPE ~ HILLSONG

The next time we have the chance to life our hands in praise, let's do it. I hope I can keep the courage to give Him the praise He is worthy of and not back out for fear of what other believers will think of me. How ridiculous. I'm not even there for them. I am there for Him.

He IS my hope. He IS my strength. Without Him I have absolutely nothing. I'm learning to trust Him more with each new day.

A recent post that I read says "Maybe God hasn't done for us yet because we don't trust Him yet". This has helped me tremendously this weekend. It's made me ask myself time and time again "Candice, are you SURE you trust Him? Do you REALLY believe He will provide? Then you need to prove it and just DO IT." I'm learning to let go of myself more and more. I'm not totally there yet, but I still strive for it. Just with trusting Him through this weekend, I have seen Him provide specifically for one of my needs.

I believe I'm definitely at the place where faith and fear collide~trust