Praise

And David spoke unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
2 Samuel 22:1

Those that trust God in the way of duty shall find Him a present help to them in their greatest dangers. David did so. God delivered him out of the hand of Saul. He takes special notice of this. Remarkable preservation should be mentioned in our praises with a particular emphasis.

God delivered him also out of the hand of all his enemies, one after another, sometimes in one way, sometimes in another; and David, from his experience has assured us that, though many are the troubles of the righteous, yet the Lord delivers them out of them all. We shall never be delivered from all our enemies till we get to heaven; and to that heavenly kingdom God will preserve all that are His. 2 Timothy 4:18

Those that have received many signal mercies from God ought to give him the glory of them. Every new mercy in our hand should put a new song into our mouth, even praises to our God. Where there is a grateful heart, out of the abundance of that the mouth will speak.

In distress David cried with his voice, therefore with his voice he gave thanks. Thanksgiving to God is the sweetest vocal music. We ought to be speedy in our thankful returns to God: In the day that God delivered him he sang this song--while the mercy is fresh, and our devout affections are most excited by it, let the thank-offering be brought, that it may be kindled with the fire of those affections. (Matthew Henry)

Have you ever listened to what comes out of your mouth? Your words are a gauge as to what is in your heart. I have to admit, at times it's not pretty. Every new mercy (blessing) should put a new song into our mouth, even praises to our God. As I'm reading through the scriptures I'm noticing a trend with the vernacular. Grateful heart, cheerful spirit, graciousness, ect. a lot of positive words which incite positive actions.

Pulling Back the Curtain: I've been assigned breakfast duty--which means I have to leave for work at 6:50 a.m. But--if there are no meetings, I can leave at 2:30 after the children leave. Key words--no meetings--there are always meetings! The heat and humidity lingers on here in the south. Let's see if I can find something positive about that----the humidity is good for our skin?