The Fruit of Our Lips

By Idella Zell

“By him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.” Heb. 13:15

There are many ways to praise God by speaking to Him in prayer, reading His word, thanking Him, lifting your hands, and singing to Him.  There is no wrong way to praise God however today I would like to talk about praising Him with your lips, opening your mouth, and giving Him glory and honor with your words. In Psalm 96:4 the Bible says, “For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.”

One of the ways to praise God is with your testimony.  There is no better way to let others know what God has done in your life than to share your personal experience of His power in the midst of your trials.

In my own life, I have experienced betrayal and tremendous loss however God sustained me through His word and prayer.  I continued to praise God with the fruit of my lips in the midst of those trials.  The scripture that I meditated on was Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”  I knew that God was going to work everything out for my good regardless of how the situation appeared because I loved Him with all my heart and soul and knew that I was called according to his purpose. God has promised to use everything for good if we trust Him.

How about you?  Has God given you a scripture to meditate on in the midst of your trial?  What about a song?  If not, ask Him to give you a song and begin to open your mouth and give Him praise even if you don’t like the way you sound and even if you don’t feel like it (remember, it’s a sacrifice of praise! – Heb. 13:15). You may never know who is watching you. He wants to use everything you are going through to be a blessing to someone else. As a matter of fact, he wants you to praise him in the midst of your trial and thank him for it. As you begin to praise God, he will fill your heart with joy in the midst of your trial. I challenge you to try this!

The Bible says in (Ps. 51:15) “O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.” 

As you begin to praise God, it will amaze those around you, whether you’re praising him during a trial or simply waking you up in the morning and giving you strength in your body.  The world will be affected by your praise and before you know it, they are asking questions about how they can experience that same joy!

Remember Paul when he was in prison, he was singing and rejoicing with the fruit of his lips, God stepped in to change Paul’s situation. Paul had learned the lesson God wanted him to share with us. “Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say Rejoice.” (Phil. 4.4). We can rejoice in our situations as Paul did and God will step in and change them for us.

No matter what you are going through or how difficult you think your problem is, open your mouth and give God the fruit of your lips in the midst of your tragedy, and trust him to bring you through it! He will leave you hungering for more of his presence as you focus on him and not your problem. Ps. 145:2, “Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name forever and ever.”  I pray this for you today and every day in Jesus Name!

Scriptures for meditation:

 “I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.” (Ps. 109:30)

“My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips.” (Ps.63:5)

“My lips shall utter praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.” (Ps 119:171)

“Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.” (Ps. 63:3)