Praising God should be a natural part of a believers life. Yet is daily praising outloud out of repetition and memorization or the heart. I can not help but think as a small lad that David in the fields watching over his father’s sheep and playing a harp was all a part of his younger years and also his adult years. Had he memorized the sons of youth and then worked on his own praises to God scripture does not say. Watching a Youtube video the other day only reminded me of simple memorization of praises to God. Yet what I did not care about this praise video was the child was so little to be memorizing such a long stanza. It did not even seem he was enjoying it. Yet he knew every part perfectly as far as I could tell. The video left an impact in the since are we force feeding our children to much religion in religious society that praise does not seem to come freely from the children. Religious society does not mean one has to eat and sleep faith, but that what it appears. Robotic in action.

As I raised up early this morning into robotic fashion to type, I had to ask myself is praise natural and is praise and worship of God from the heart? The only way to defeat the devil is to have praise from the heart and not in mimicry memorization, because I got too, but from the heart. A child singing swing on his playground equipment the latest song learned in Sunday School is from the heart. The choice not to sing that song is there. It is in the quietness of play that a child is acting on his learning, but on something he liked learning. It is the reward with a piece of candy or treat of some kind just for memorizing something is only a conditioning act to get something. It is a dangerous game. It is go do your homework and you can watch television. The reward is the television, but it works, but how many answer were gotten right. The act of positive conditioning necessary to learn discipline but not necessary to learn responsibility. To learn responsibility one learns to do something because it is the right thing to do. Discipline is done whether right or wrong it is a habit. Getting up and rising on time because of conditioning. Yet rising up and having a deadline is only responsible thing to do. Praising God can be act of disciple or responsibility.

Teaching children to responsible with God’s word is important, it teaches the significance of God in their daily life, but not necessary discipline of conditioning of mindless repetition. David sung a song from his heart. He praise his God for the bounty of kingdom victories over his enemies. His enemies put to rest from causing Moabites to serve and the destruction of the Philistines. A joy express knowing God had overcome and victory came from his Creator. Children can naturally begin to love Jesus by the stories they hear or they do not. They love a story the will love a verse and if a verse they will love song about that story to help them remember it. Yet if forced to know all three it only vain repetition. To teach children about Jesus is to teach them to love Him, not as chore but because of what they hear about Jesus.

One can not sing what a mighty God we serve, without vain repetition unless they know the truth of the mighty hand of God and how powerful He truly is. Faith should never be forced, but it should be taught about from early age. Reading scripture at age six, only lasted a few days before I realized most of the words in the Bible I had not learned yet, and I learned to be content with devotional time with my parents or looking through the Bible story book along with many other books. Yet the songs and verses memorized came off my lips with many other children songs learned as a child. You sing what makes you happy. David joy in the Lord was not in vain repetition because he was taught to praise after every victory. It was because He loved God for providing for Him, and giving Him victory in battles that perhaps he should not in physical strength won. David even when he was out numbered had victory.

Are you going to have the victory of praise in your life as David did? Are you going to allow the praising of God to be natural as well as commanded by God? Are you going to allow disciple of faith be more of a responsibility instead of command of what is right, meaning allowing natural praise of faith to come from within, instead of vain repetition. Defeat Satan today by praising from within your very heart, because you love Jesus.

Dear Heavenly Father thank you for teaching us to praise you, but to have victory over our enemy the devil, in learning to praise you from our own desire as a responsibility and not always a disciplinary action of faith. In Jesus precious name, Amen.