Though the Bible states that it is good to praise God, it is not always spontaneous. In other words, it is not every day that we feel like whistling all day long to celebrate God. There are days that we have to look for praise stimulus to flow in gratitude. To begin with, praising God is a command. In the book of Malachi, God threatened to curse the blessing of the priests who would not give Him the glory. When we see that obeying the commandments of God comes with blessing, that can be an inspiration to praise Him.

When you are dropping in gratitude, go over what God has done for you in the past. Soon enough, you will encounter God’s mercy in new ways that will make for current testimonies.

There is a second approach to this, and it is the focus of our text. In Bible days, young maidens were saddled with the responsibility of drawing water from central wells typically located on the outskirts of the cities. They were always at the mercy of archers who would try to rob them. Moses once delivered the daughters of the Priest of Midian from such marauders. It was such deliverance that Deborah the prophetess asked the people of God to celebrate. The critical thing for us today is to examine the idea of rehearsing the righteous acts of the Lord. To rehearse is to go over a list of items; it is to repeat something such as a story. When you are dropping in gratitude, go over what God has done for you in the past. Soon enough, you will encounter God’s mercy in new ways that will make for current testimonies.