Proclamation:
“I will exalt You, my God The King; I will
praise Your name for ever and ever.
Every day I will praise You and extol Your name for ever and ever.” Psalm 145:1-2 (NIV)
Explanation:
The words of this psalm were written by
King David under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God. This psalm is a psalm of praise, one of the “Hallelujah”
psalms. It is also acrostic, meaning
that each verse begins with one of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, only the
letter “nun” is missing. The reason for
that omission is still being debated by Bible scholars. David begins by saying that he will lift up
and praise the name of The Lord God every day. (Psalm 145:1-2) Then he states that each generation of
believers will tell the next generation of His great works, His mighty acts,
and His goodness. (Psalm 145:3-7) After
that he proceeds to glorify God’s kingdom and recounts some of the reasons that
The Lord God is worthy of all this praise. (Psalm 145:8-20)
Application:
As believers we are to praise The Lord God
for who he is and not just for what He has done or can do for us. We should also praise Him every day of the
week and not just on Sunday when we go to church to worship. We should not forget to praise the redemptive
work of Jesus, The Christ, on Calvary, which He did for our salvation. Nothing that we do is more important than our
prayer, praise, and worship. Maybe we
should read one of the Hallelujah psalms each day. (Psalms 112 to 118 and 145
to 150) Maybe this would help us in our
praise without petitions. We should not
approach The Lord God only when we want something from Him. Some of the time we ought to just praise Him and
say thank you.
No comments:
Post a Comment