1 I will extol You, my God and King, and bless Your Name forever and ever. 2 Every day I will bless You and praise Your Name forever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable. ~ Psalms 145:1-3
The word extol is a fancy way of saying praise, or magnify, or glorify. Therefore, the Psalmist is saying, I will praise Your Name, O my God. I will magnify You because You are my God and my King. I will glorify You with my life, and I will sing Your praise forever. I choose to honor You because I admire and adore You for all that You have done. I will worship You forever. See what the Psalmist says, “Every day I will bless You and praise Your Name forever and ever.”
And why does he do that? He tells us. It’s because the LORD is great and greatly to be praised. Because of all the wondrous things the LORD has done. So much so that they are too numerous to list and too many for us to even know all the wonders that He has performed. Just think, He created the world and all that is in it. He formed us and created us in His own image. He took all of our sins upon Himself and carried them away from us as far as the East is from the West (Psalms 103:12). God is a great God. He is a loving and kind God, and His steadfast love will never end. God is a good, good Father.
God is a God that truly cares. A God that truly loves. For God so loved the world that He gave His One and only begotten Son (John 3:16). He will never leave us nor forsake us. He will never turn His back on us. So, the next time you feel alone or forsaken like no one cares about you and no one loves you, remember that Your Heavenly Father loves you. He adores you. Jesus gave His life for you so that you can have eternal life with Him. You are loved. So, that is why we extol the LORD our God and our King. That is why we bless His holy Name. That is why we will bless Him every day and praise His Name forever because we love Him because He first loved us (1 John 4:19).
Heavenly Father, thank You for loving us so much. Thank You for dying on the cross for us. I purpose in my heart to extol You and bless Your great name every day; as long as You give me breath in my lungs, I will praise You. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.