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Praise-The act of giving God thanks and worship for who He is and what He has done and will do. When we personally Praise God we recognize who He is and what He is doing in our lives and will do in our lives because we know we can rely on His promises. We have already seen many of those promises fulfilled, and we know they are currently being fulfilled in our lives. Ephesians 1 reveals to us that Gods plan has been laid out in such a way as to bring Him Praise. In this we can have confidence-that no matter what we are experiencing it is going to bring Him praise because that is the ultimate plan.
Lets look specifically at verses 11-12 "In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12 in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory." (Eph 1:11-12 ) We were chosen! God knew what you-in your free will-would choose to do with the gospel of Christ. This choice and us are, as it states in verse 12 "for the praise of His glory". The very act of you choosing to trust Christ glorifies Him! So you have already praised God with your life.
Then when we look at verses 13-14 we see the fulfillment of promises that glorify God. "And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory." (Eph 1:13-14 ) So we see here the fulfillment of the promise. When we hear the truth and believe we receive a seal-the Holy spirit. The Holy spirit guarantees our inheritance. That inheritance is our eternal life with Christ-the fulfillment of the promise. This is all to the praise of his glory. The very plan of redemption has all been put into place in order that the Lord would receive Praise.
If we know that we are marked with the seal, the Holy spirit, and have been promised eternal life with Chirst that comes with that seal, shouldn’t that be reason enough to praise God for who He is, what He has done, and what He will do in our lives! No matter what our circumstance now-we know that it is all to the praise of His Glory because that is the ultimate plan.
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