Doxology

       "Praise God from Whom all blessings flow..."  The words seem to ring out in our minds and hearts as we form a "doxology" in appreciation of what God has done for us.  When certain words, like the ones just mentioned, come to mind, I can't help but to begin singing what we call, "The Doxology."  It has been a part of my life for the past 70 years, even when i was a child I could remember having sung the doxology.  I have a lot of melodies tucked away in my mind but many of them are just there and can be recalled when I need them, which, to be honest, is not very often.  Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Three Blind Mice and Row, Row Row Your Boat" are just filed away and can be recalled when the need arises, which isn't very often.  A Doxology comes forth because of something great that God does.  First Timothy 6:15-16 says, "Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;  Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen." 
     The Apostle Paul is getting ready to sign off on his first letter to Timothy and suddenly breaks forth in an excellent doxology.  He did something like this in the middle of the Book of Ephesians in 3:20-21.  Paul had just gone through three chapters of spiritual riches and before he goes on into the practical part of his letter, he breaks forth in a doxology.  There are many other doxologies in the Bible such as the famous one in the ending of the Book of Jude.  We do somewhat the same thing ourselves when we experience something great from God.  I recently saw a photograph of the Cascades in Giles County, Virginia and the waterfall had been frozen into a magnificent display of ice.  What else can you say, but "Praise God for His handiwork."  The word, "doxology" simply means "glory."  We are giving God glory for what He has done, for what He is doing, and what He is going to do in the future.  As you go out into the world today, see how many times you can give God glory for something that takes place in your life or in the lives of others, or even what you see that He has done.  We are a blessed people and the words of our familiar doxology ring forth often in our lives.  Praise God today, from Whom all blessings flow.