Expressing Faith Through Praise

God is always looking at our faith before He could intervene in our affairs. Wherever there is lack of faith, God is handicapped in our situation. This because God needs our faith to intervene in our affairs. It is important to know that God is not moved by our tears or our complains but our faith in Him. Because faith counts on the ability of God. And one way to express our faith in the ability of God is to render praise to God. Praise is the joyful and confident expression of our faith in the person and ability of God. Each time you render praise to God irrespective of your condition, you are simply saying, God has power to change your condition and you are restingon that ability of God. 17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; 21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. When you give into complaining and murmuring, it means you are weak in faith and can't trust the ability of God to do what He has said and promised.  Numbers 11: 1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. -Numbers 11:1 Each time we complain, we simply tell God that He can't help or solve our problems. Complaining deprives us from enjoying the ability of God. But whenever we stand in praise and glorify God even in the midst of our challenges we simply say, God you are bigger than our problems. Complaining means you have giving up on the ability of God. Abraham did not give up on God and hence he was called the man of faith. He did not look at his challenge but on the promise and the ability of God. Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God, -Romans 4:20 (BBC) Sarah could conceive irrespective of her condition because she rested on the ability of God by through faith. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. -Hebrews 11:11 Today as we praise expect God to manifest His power in your life. 2 Chronicles 20: 21-22 21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. 22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. The enemy is not an issue when engage the power of God. And one way to engage the power of God is through the expression of our faith in God through praise. Conclusively, we are told the result of faith expressed through praise in psalms 67. Psalm 67:5-7 5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. 6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. 7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. With this, you should know that whenever you express your faith through faith, there is bound to be a turnaround. God bless you.