"When the builders started to lay the foundation of the Temple, the priests in their robes took their places with trumpets in their hands, and Levites of their clan of Asaph stood their with cymbals. They praised the Lord according to the instructions handed down from the time of King David.
¹¹ They sang the Lord's praises, repeating and refrain:
The Lord is good and his love for Israel is eternal.
Everyone shouted with all his might, praising the Lord because the work on the foundation of the Temple had been started."
The Israelites had a dream to rebuild the temple. It was a huge task. After much work and frustration, they finally finished the foundation. They hadn't even started the walls, yet they had a huge part. They could have said, "Forget it, we are never going to finish." But instead, they celebrated the small victory.
We all have things in our life that are incomplete. We've made some progress, but the dream hasn't come to pass, a problem hasn't turned around. Too often, we wait for the total victory to celebrate. "When I get out of a debt, I'll be grateful." But the key of seeing it come to the fulfillment is not to let it's completion hold your thanks giving hostage.
Celebrate partial victories along the way. When you pay off one credit card, celebrate what God has done. When you pass the test of being grateful for the small things in your life,— more favours, more blessings, healing, more strength.
Therefore, we should learn how to celebrate the partial victories, the small achievements, the small goals we score in life. God will bless us with more things.
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Until then, we meet in the next blog.
Today's Prayer.
Father, thank you for your faithfulness and love and mercy in my life. Thank you for the partial victories that you've given me and I know that you are working to bring them to completion. Help me to continue to be grateful and see every promise fulfilled, in Jesus' Name.
Amen!.
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