When we lift Him up, there's power in His presence, and we'll be refreshed and restored to His full joy. When we give God praise, we're putting Him on the throne. When we praise Him, the Scripture says that He inhabits our praises. Anytime you feel depleted or overwhelmed, just begin to praise and thank God draw near to Him and He promises to draw near to you. There is a lifting that happens when we lift our faith and praise to God. How do we do that? Jesus says, 'And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself' (John 12:32). He wants us to take all our discouragements and lift them to Him. He says He'll be there with us no matter what we go through, and He never changes. The best thing is to place those challenges into the hands of God the Father. You have to reconnect to the God who doesn't change. When we worry, and our mind is going in circles, we've lost our connection to our source of strength. You may be facing huge challenges or perhaps you have friends or family who are and you're worried about them. It may not happen your way or on your timetable, but God is true and faithful to His Word.

God has never failed in the past, and He's not going to start with you. He doesn't change His plans for us, 'plans for good and not evil, to give you a future and a hope' (Jeremiah 29:11). Even when we've done the wrong thing, He loves us with an everlasting love. No matter what comes against us, He doesn't change His promises to us. No matter what we’ve done, He doesn't change His mind about us. The other day I was reading these wonderful words of reminder to Hebrew believers who were suffering for their faith and deeply discouraged: 'Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever' (Hebrews 13:8). I don't know about you, but in difficult times and overwhelming situations, I find I can get discouraged. If they realize they are powerful, we’re no match for them.” You’re not weak or at a disadvantage. If you could hear the enemy talking about you, he’d be saying, “He or she serves the Most High God and is a valiant warrior. Are you seeing yourself the right way? Sometimes the enemy knows who we are more than we know who we are. Even though they were greatly outnumbered, Gideon and the Israelites won the victory. He returned to camp and shouted to his men, “The Lord has given us the victory!” He knew he was well able. That’s what convinced him to see himself as the valiant warrior that the angel had called him. But when Gideon heard that, something came alive inside. Gideon only had three hundred men in his army to fight several armies that had united against the Israelites. It’s significant that Gideon overheard what one of the enemy soldiers was saying about him in today’s Scripture.

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