We all know we should praise the Lord. Yet most of us don’t praise Him enough.
I typed in -Praise the Lord- on the NIV version of the bible and it came up 100 times in the book of Psalms. David knew the importance of praising the Lord in all you do.
We take for granted the small things in life. The shelter we live in and the food He has provided. The safety we have right now.
There are the other areas in our life when something may get canceled that we were looking forward to. We don’t know the future and it may very well have been for our own safety. Our car trip may get delayed just 15 seconds because of something that would have happened if not for the intervention of the Lord. We need to Praise the Lord even when nothing spectacular happens, because even when you don’t understand it, He has your back if you are serving Him.
If you’re like my wife and I and you misplace things more often than you want to, pray that the Lord helps you find it. When He does and it’s usually right away, praise and thank Him for that.
I want to finish today by having you read a Psalm of David. It is one many that he dedicated to Praising the Lord.
Psalm Chapter 145:
1 I will extol You, my God, O King;
And I will bless Your name forever and ever.
2 Every day I will bless You,
And I will praise Your name forever and ever.
3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised;
And His greatness is unsearchable.
4 One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.
5 I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And on Your wondrous works.
6 Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
7 They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.
8 The LORD is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
9 The LORD is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.
10 All Your works shall praise You, O LORD,
And Your saints shall bless You.
11 They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom,
And talk of Your power,
12 To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts,
And the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
14 The LORD upholds all who fall,
And raises up all who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all look expectantly to You,
And You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living thing.
17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
18 The LORD is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.
19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and save them.
20 The LORD preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD,
And all flesh shall bless His holy name
Forever and ever.