Thursday May 10th, 2023
Meditate on: Psalms 146:2 CP
« Every day of my life I will praise the Lord. As long I have breath in my lungs, I will sing praises to my God»
Read: Psalms 146:1-10 NKJV
1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
2 While I live I will praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
3 Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his plans perish.
5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God,
6 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever,
7 Who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.
8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; the Lord raises those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous.
9 The Lord watches over the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
10 The Lord shall reign forever— Your God, O Zion, to all generations.
Praise the Lord!
Understand:
In the Nigerian culture, musicians hired to entertain guests at parties often compose songs hailing wealthy and notable people in attendance, calling out their names and listing their exploits. As the musicians go on, these rich fellows find themselves on stage in excitement, pasting cash on the singer’s forehead. Needless to say, these musicians often go home with a bag full of money after such parties, unless they did not celebrate the right people well enough.
In like manner, I have discovered that those who have the attitude of praising God live in abundance.
Even when the rich men at these parties don’t know the performing musician personally, they are willing to give him or her all they have in their pockets in return for receiving praise; how much more our God, who not only knows us from our mother’s womb but also loves us.
Most of the time, these musicians have to lie or exaggerate in a bid to praise a rich fellow. For example, they can call someone who is a branch manager the chief operating officer of a company.
However, with our God, He is so great that no matter how hard we try to exalt His greatness, our words cannot fully capture how great He really is.
During praise and worship session at church services, when I see people dancing as if they were dragged to church, I wonder if they know who they are dancing to at all.
He is the One who made the heavens and the earth.
He sits in the heavens and makes the earth His footstool.
He has parted the Red Sea, turned water to wine, raised the dead back to life and done all sorts of great miracles, and yet some people still find it difficult to praise Him with all their heart.
David was someone who knew how to praise God.
One day, he danced so much for God that his clothes fell off his body, still he didn’t mind (2 Samuel 6:20).
When you read through the Psalms, you will understand why David praised God that much:
God had done a lot for him and he decided never to forget His goodness towards him. In return, God blessed David so much that he lacked nothing.
I know this because God said He was willing to give David whatever he wanted; all he had to do was ask. 2 Samuel 12:8 says:
“And I gave you your master’s house, and your master’s wives to your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given to you such and such things.”
David was indeed a blessed man.
You also can be blessed as he was if only you are willing to praise God like he did.
Application: If you decide never to take God’s majesty and grace over you for granted, you will never lack any good thing.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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