Sometimes You Just Have to Praise
(NIV) Psalm 100
A psalm. For giving grateful praise.
1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Worship the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
3 Know that the LORD is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.
When I think of the epitome of praise and worship, my mind goes to none other than Paul and Silas. I think of those men, beaten, shackled, and yet they sang praises! I’m not talking about bowing their heads in silent prayer, I’m talking about all out, glory to God, singing.
I want to tell you that true worship is infectious. The men in the other cells knew they were hearing worship to God, the guards knew it, and God knows it. After all, Ps 22 says God inhabits the praises of His people!
Evangelist Leon Trombley said it is easier to hold a tempest in a teacup than a heart full of silent praise.
What if every day for the next month we would commit to beginning our day with praises? I believe we would see a noticeable difference not only in our lives, but the people whose lives we intersect.
May we today and everyday lift up our voices to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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