PRAISE THE LORD FOR ALL THAT HE HAS DONE

Proclamation:

“For what You have done I will always praise You in the presence of Your faithful people.  And I will hope in Your name, for Your name is good.”  Psalm 52:9 (NIV)

Explanation:

The words of this psalm were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by King David.  He began this psalm describing boastful, disgraceful, deceitful, evil men who tell lies to harm people (Psalm 52:1-4) and what The Lord God was going to do to them. (Psalm 52:5)  David ends the psalm stating that he is secure, protected, and productive like the long-living olive tree in the courtyard of God’s holy temple, and that he will put his trust in God’s goodness, mercy, and unfailing love. (Psalm 52:8)  He will also praise The Lord for all that He has done.

Application:

Sometime we focus on the wrong things.  We focus on our problems instead of on The Lord our God.  We tell our God how big our problems are, but we should tell our problems how big and powerful our God is.  We should not concern ourselves with the presence or the prosperity of evil doers for they will soon be cut down. (Psalm 37:1-2)  We should reflect upon the things which The Lord God has done, and then we should praise Him publicly and privately.  When we think about what He has done for us, we ought to continually thank and praise Him. (Psalm 34:1 and Ephesians 5:20)