“Praise the Lord.
How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant and fitting to praise him!” Thus sings the chorus from the 147th Psalm.
There are times when it’s easy to praise God. And there are times, when Oh, we don’t feel like praising Him at all. It can be a sacrifice.
But He tenderly makes it possible when He beautifully paints the morning sky. Can you hear Him ask your heart’s eye,
“Did you see the colors I formed for you? I Am the Lord and I love you.”
He puts joy and delight in a young child’s eye. “The life in this child is a reflection of Me. Be still, take notice. Take time and breathe.”
We work and we toil and we plod along in our lives, we move forward but the rhythm doesn’t always flow real nice, then all of a sudden there is a surprise.
Could it be, we actually won the prize!
Perhaps a sacrifice of praise is the best medicine always. God knows that His children are happy when they hear what He says:
How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant and fitting to praise him!”
Breathed out by God, Psalm 147 just might be words to lift weary hearts high as the heavens:
“The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.”
He doesn’t tear apart, He doesn’t divide. The Lord builds up, the Lord gathers,
‘How good it is to sing praises to God, how pleasant and fitting to praise Him.’ (emphasis, mine!)
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.“
These are words from the Lord God Almighty, we can believe Him faithful always, even when we can’t see.
He is good and He is worthy of our praise, when the sun shines and when the skies are dark with rain. He is the same, yesterday, today and forever. He loved us yesterday, He loves us today.
“He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.”
We can’t come close to number the stars, yet He knows the name for each of us. He – knows – whose – we – are.
“Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.”
He knows the good, the bad, the ugly. He knows our thoughts every minute.
“The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.”
God’s word reminds us that the ‘fear of the Lord is wisdom’. Trusting Him will make our whole being, sound.
“Sing to the Lord with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp.”
Our vocal chords have strings. Let us be willing to look to Him and sing.
“He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain
and makes grass grow on the hills.
He provides food for the cattle, and for the young ravens when they call.”
The word of God empowers the weak. Reading His words transform feeble knees. God’s word is light and living. Oh that we would heed it each morning and evening:
“His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
the Lord delights in those who fear him,
who put their hope in his unfailing love.”
How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant and fitting to praise him!”
Will you join me today to praise Him with out ceasing? He knows when the rhythm and rhyme isn’t flowing, but He is the One Faithful to keep you. He is all knowing.
“Praise the Lord.”
On the good days and the bad.
How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant and fitting to praise him!”
Amen, amen, amen, Amen!