Boast about God ... He deserves it! Psalm 149-150

Psalm 150 is a Psalm of praise.  In each verse, each line begins with instruction about where or how to praise God.   The fact that we need instruction on where and how to praise God should give us some pause.   When we realize the greatness of God we ought to simply burst forth with praise.   But, we don't.   We have to instruction of who, how, where and why to praise Him.   The word praise is the Hebrew "halal".   It is used over 100 times in the OT and actually means, "to boast in a shouting manner."   The first time the word is used in the OT is in Genesis 12:15 when Pharaoh saw Abraham's wife, Sarai.   He "boasted" of her beauty.    You and I have a choice each day what we boast about.  We can boast about "how great the day is" praising the weather.   We can boast about our children ... telling all how great they are.   We can boast about our jobs, our possessions, or our futures.   We love to boast about our sports teams .... when they do good.  That may be the best example of "halal."   In Psalm 150 we are told to boast of God and His greatness.   We are told to use instruments to do so and song as our medium of praise.   We are told to do so because of what God has done for us.  We are told to do so simply because God is great.   Let's sing praise to Him for whatever reason He gives us.   But, let's boast about Him and not our own meager accomplishments.