Lent: Journey According To LukeSample

AIN’T NO ROCK GONNA CRY IN MY PLACE

DEVOTION
According to our text, on that day everything was going great until a few religious people came up to Jesus and told him to tell his disciples to keep quiet. Jesus said, ‘If they kept quiet, the stones along the road would burst into cheers!’

That is what happens to us many times. Just when we decide to commit ourselves to serve the Lord and begin to give him praise like we’ve never done before, the enemy will bring in ‘people, circumstances and situations’ to dampen our spirits and mess with our heads. Let us be reminded that there is power when we open our mouths and praise God. The more the enemy tries to shut you down with all kinds of situations and thoughts in your mind, the more you need to lift up your voice and praise him!

We were created to praise HIM! If we don’t praise him, the rocks will cry out his praises! This Holy Week and Easter season, let us lift up our voices and praise Jesus like we have never done before because ‘ain’t no rock gonna cry his praise in my place!’

FOR REFLECTION
• God has created us to praise him. Think about the honor and privilege he has given us to praise the Creator of the universe!
• Do not let people, circumstances and situations steal your praises for Jesus’ purpose in your heart to praise God in all circumstances and situations.

PRAYER
Jesus, I thank you that I can praise you today. I’m sorry for the times I’ve let situations in my life steal my praises for you. Today, I want to praise you regardless of what I’m going through. It’s my honor to praise you, Jesus! Amen!