Applaud Loud and Often!


Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; talk of all His wondrous works! Psalm 105:2 NKJV

We are one Wednesday night away from finishing up a four part series that I am teaching using the book Cure for the Common Life by Max Lucado. I have really enjoyed seeing some scriptures open up in a new and fresh way to me. I only hope the church I pastor can say the same. Last evenings lesson can be wrapped up in one sentence. Applaud God Loud and Often. Make a big deal out of God with your living.
The apostle Paul wrote in his last letter to Timothy, to stir up the gift that in is you. The next verse says God hasn’t given us the spirit of fear, but power and love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:6-7.
God has not given us the fear we often feel when we are being challenged to step out with our gifting that the Lord placed in our life. That sprit has to be coming from another place. But that fear will stagger us and even cause us to not do what we should do with our gifts.
In the story of the talents that Jesus tells in Matthew 25 the one talent servant failed because he was fearful and believed his Lord was hard. It is interesting to note that the other two servants never seem to deal with these issues. The answer can only be one reason, they knew their Lord, the one talent servant never got to know his Lord. So because of his fear he buries his gift in this world and never uses it for the glory of his Lord. It cost him everything.
I challenge you to not bury your God given talents in this world. Don’t cover your gifts from God with the drives of life. Remember as you use your gifts to make a living, have fun or have accomplishments in your life that God gave you that ability. It’s not yours and He will one day ask what you did with it. Get to know Jesus, know your Lord, so as you go through life and work through your day, make a big deal out of God with your life.
Applaud God Loud and Often