Tag: He Is Worthy of Our Praise

“Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.” ~ Psalms 146:1-2

Here the Psalmist is encouraging himself to praise the LORD. He probably doesn’t feel much like praising. Maybe things are rough at work. Maybe home-life is a mess. Maybe he is being unjustly persecuted. But still, he encourages himself to praise the LORD. He almost demands it, when he exclaims, “Praise the LORD, O my soul.”

“Don’t just sit there wallowing in your self-pity,” he seems to say to his soul. “Come on and praise the LORD, for there are benefits in praising. Things change when I praise. So come on soul, begin to praise.” Please realize that the soul is the mind, will, and emotion of a person. Therefore, the Psalmist is not caring about his own feelings, but rather, he instructs his mind to override his will, and praise the LORD. He doesn’t hold a council meeting to find out if it is a good idea. He doesn’t ask his soul to praise, he instructs his mind, his will, and his emotion to praise.

Now notice this. After encouraging his mind, will, and emotion to praise in verse 1, he disregards his feelings completely in verse 2 and makes an executive decision to overrule everything, not caring how down, or how depressed, or how weary from the fight his mind, will, and emotion are, he compels them to praise. “I will praise the LORD as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being” (v 2). He is determined to praise his way out of the desert and sing his way out of the flames. He is determined to not let circumstances keep him down.

Also, did you take note that he makes the object of his praise personal? He says, “…my God…” Not the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, or the God of his father, David. No! It’s his God. He knows him personally, and he remembers the benefits intimately. So, whatever you’re going through today. Put them in check and sing praises to your God!

Heavenly Father, I ask You to envelop each and every one who reads and accepts this prayer today with Your love and compassion. Let Your loving arms hold them and let them feel the love You have for them. Make their rough paths smooth and their crooked paths straight. Give Your angels charge over them and answer when they call. In Jesus name, Amen.

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“‘¹⁸ I have seen what they do, but I will heal them anyway! I will lead them. I will comfort those who mourn, ¹⁹ bringing words of praise to their lips. May they have abundant peace, both near and far,’ says the Lord, who heals them.” ~ Isaiah 57:18-19^NLT

The people of Israel were punished for their sin, the LORD God withdrew Himself from them, but they were stubborn. Though they were stubborn, their hearts were not against God, so in His mercy, God looked down and said, I will heal them anyway. I will lead them in spite of their stubbornness. I will comfort the mourners, and in doing so, I will bring praise back to their lips. I will rain down peace on them. Why?

Because He is the God that heals. He is the God of mercy. And most importantly, He is the God of love. His love is never-ending. When we are in trouble, no matter our past, He will run to rescue us, heal our land, and bring us back to be a people of praise. Our nation is in unrest, but just as God brought back the people of Israel, He will bring back our people. He will heal our land and bring comfort to all who mourn. If we allow God to, He will bring peace back into our nation; we just have to open the door to Him and set our hearts towards Him.

So that when He returns to us and heals our land, praise will return to our lips. When praise returns, God returns and abides, for He abides in the praises of His people. Through praise, we are healed, restored, renewed, changed because we grow closer and closer to God. It wasn’t until they praised that the walls of Jericho fell down. It was the Tribe of Judah (praise) that led the People of Israel out into battle. Praise changes everything, so let everything that has breath praise the LORD.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Pray For Lips of Praise.

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“³ Death wrapped its ropes around me; the terrors of the grave overtook me. I saw only trouble and sorrow. ⁴ Then I called on the name of the Lord: ‘Please, Lord, save me!’ ⁵ How kind the Lord is! How good He is! So merciful, this God of ours! ⁶ The Lord protects those of childlike faith; I was facing death, and He saved me. ⁷ Let my soul be at rest again, for the Lord has been good to me.” ~ Psalms 116:3-7

Death has called each of us by name. It had each of us in bondage and prepared a gravestone to mark our eternal prison cell. But LORD God heard the cry of His people and came to us. He got off of His throne, willingly took our abuse, and then died in our place. He took our gravestone and wrote His name. He took our prison cell and He filled it. On the third day, He broke down the prison cell, destroyed the gravestones, and took the keys from Death. Death has been defeated. The Grave has been overcome. We have been freed.

So, when we say ‘Oh Death where is your sting? Oh Grave where is your victory?’ It’s not just something just for so. When we say this statement, we are declaring the victory of our LORD Jesus Christ. Because He was resurrected, so shall we be. Because He lives forever, so shall we. So, praise The LORD for He has given us the ultimate gift, Eternal Life.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise Him For He Did Not Abandon Us.

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“²⁵ Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, ²⁶ and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?’” ~ John 11:25-26

2,000 years ago, Jesus died on a cross and was buried in a tomb, for the sins of the entire world. But His story didn’t end there, for He rose from the dead three days later and now sits at the right hand of The Father. When Jesus rose, He overcame everything. Death no longer has victory and the grave no longer has its sting because God has overcome.

Because Jesus has risen and is alive! When He comes back, we shall be alive with Him for all eternity. We will be joined together with all of our saved loved ones who have gone ahead of us and we will be with them in a place with no more pain, no more suffering, no tears for all of eternity. So rejoice this Resurrection Sunday, for our God and our King is not dead! No He is ALIVE!

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise Our Everlasting King!

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“By this we know love, that He laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.” ~ 1 John 3:16

John tells us that we know love by the way Jesus died for all of us. Let’s put that into perspective for a second. Every person that nailed/nails Him to the cross, He died for. Every person that shouted/shouts He isn’t real or He died for nothing, He died for. Every person that knowingly lives in sin, He died. Every person that walked away from Him, He died for. Jesus died for every single soul, because He saw worth when there was none. He saw beauty in ashes. He saw life in death.

So rejoice, for the LORD God sees you for what you truly are, His child. Some are still lost, while others have been found. Some are still running away, while others run to Him. But no matter how far you run, no matter how lost you are, and no matter what you’ve done Jesus is still waiting looking for you. He’s the good shepherd that leaves the 99 to save the 1. You can be that one. All you have to do is stop running and call out His name. He will run to you.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Stop Running.

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“⁷ And he preached, saying, ‘After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. ⁸ I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.’” ~ Mark 1:7-8

During John’s ministry he preached that the Messiah would come, someone who he wasn’t even worthy to untie his sandals. Rejoice, for the Messiah has come and His name is Jesus. He saw you worthy enough that you didn’t have to stoop down and untie His sandals, but He stoop down and untie yours. Jesus saw you worthy enough to not only take your unbearable load that you carry around but to also give you His.

So rejoice. Have peace today on Palm Sunday. For the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world has come. He has given us life and life more abundantly. He has given us hope and a future. He has defeated death and the grave. And if you go to Him, He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit, healing every disease, plague, pain, trauma, grief, anger, disappointment that you have, if you let Him. So don’t be discouraged, your King has come and is waiting for you!

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Run To The King!

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“⁷ For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm! ⁸ God reigns over the nations;God sits on His holy throne.” ~ Psalms 47:7-8

God does not change. God still reigns over the nations. He is still seated on His throne. And He is still in control. No matter the chaos that is surrounding you right now. No matter the panic that is overwhelming the world, God is still in control. There is nothing too great or too hard for God. Mountains melt in His presence. He speaks and it is. There is nothing that He cannot do. So let your hearts be glad. Let your spirit have peace. Praise the Everlasting God for He has not forsaken us. He has not abandoned us. He has already given us the authority, it’s about time we use it! So praise Him, for before there was an illness God had the healing.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise The Everlasting God!

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