Message summary: Today will you join us in acclaiming God? Let us walk in the light of His presence.

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"Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim You, who walk in the light of Your presence, O LORD. They rejoice in Your name all day long; they exult in Your righteousness" (Psalm 89:15,16).

What are you learning about today? We may associate learning primarily with our younger years but we both like the phrase, "life-long learner". We have a number of interests: some mutual, others individual. Brooksyne continues to enjoy working with plants, new recipes, trying to add more "healthy" recipes to her collection. I enjoy history and geography, especially poring over a Google Earth and studying the history of an area based on the location. I also like to watch the many free videos on YouTube on how things are made and DIY projects.

We expect that you are also learning something new, which keeps life interesting and our minds alert.

Today we invite you to consider a type of learning in which we should all be participants. It's included in our daily text, "Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you".

The Hebrew "teruw'ah" for "acclaim" has the sense of "acclamation of joy". Even more literally it means, "blast of the trumpet" or "shout of joy".

Although we tend to associate the Psalms with the Psalmist David this Psalm is identified as "A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite" the only Psalm so designated. Ethan means "strong and optimistic, solid and enduring; permanent". He is mentioned in 1 Kings 4:31 as a wise man, yet not as wise as King Solomon, who "was wiser than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite".

Like Ethan, we want to learn to acclaim God. And then practice it by walking in the light of His presence. This is a real key to living the abundant life in Christ. So many pressing matters will trouble us, so many clouds of uncertainty and instability can easily distract us.

When we keep our focus on God by acclaiming Him we can live above the clouds. Paul and Silas acclaimed God from the dismal prison after being "severely flogged" and placed in stocks. In the hearing of the other prisoners they prayed and sang hymns to God. Certainly, things didn't look too good on this side and the beaten men surely ached with every move. But they had learned to acclaim God, even in the most undesirable circumstances.

Today will you join us in acclaiming God? Let us shout the joyful sound and walk in the light of His presence. Remember, we serve an amazing God!

Be encouraged today, Hebrews 3:13

Stephen & Brooksyne Weber

Daily prayer: Father, we want to be among those who have learned to acclaim You, who walk in the light of Your presence, who rejoice in Your name all day long and exult in Your righteousness. We have heard the joyful sound of the gospel and have chosen to obey it, so now we experience its power within our hearts. And now You bring forth good fruit into our lives for which we can grow and bless others as well. We are delighted and thankful through Christ Jesus our Lord in whose name we pray. Amen.

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