Did you get a good grip on how many people will be supervising the work on the building of the temple? And what a choir…4,000 voices praising the Lord. Imagine that!

Part of the duties of the Levites were to serve the Lord by standing every morning and evening to praise and thank the Lord, in addition to other prescribed times. Should we behave any differently? Shouldn’t we be praising and thanking God morning and night? Do we praise Him in all things and for all things?

1Thes 5:16-18
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Eph 5:19-20
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So even when we don’t feel like praising and thanking Him, even when we don’t like our circumstances, even when the world seems to be against us, even when we are suffering and experiencing trying times, even then….we should pray and praise! Chances are…when we do that; things won’t seem so gloomy anymore!