Psalms 150:2
Praise him for his mighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent greatness!
Tag: It is Easy to Praise God
It is pretty easy to find a way to be negative in this life. Life has a lot of turns, bumps and mountains to climb. That is because there is sin in this world. God did not create the world to be rough and bumpy. God created it the world to have fellowship with Him. Note before sin how God and man met:
Genesis 2:7-9
then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
God created it all good. Then sin came in and took away that nice garden and life became rough. We can easily find reasons not to praise and be thankful.
BUT, there are a million more reasons to be thankful and to praise God. The above passage tells us to “praise Him for His mighty deeds.” This is NOT an option. Refusal to praise God is sin and sin will destroy your joy. The verse does not say, “Praise God if your circumstances so allow it.” The verse tells us to praise God for his “mighty deeds.” What deeds? How about our salvation? The greatest of all might deeds is when death died in the grave the moment Jesus rose from that grave. That ONE act, that ONE deed of greatest is a MIGHTY deed. That alone is enough to praise God all the time. We worry about this side of life and our pathetic circumstances. Yet, God did the ultimate and saved us for glory. We might not have the smooth life we want but God did not promise us a smooth life. He promised us He would pay the penalty for our sin. He promised us a room with Him in glory. He promised to walk beside us and carry us through ever life trial. He did not promise NO life trials. He only promised to walk with us. We have much to praise God for in our lives. Or, we can simply complain. Praising God gives us a life of joy. Dwelling on the negative in our life sucks the marrow right out of our bones. Why people choose to be mourning vs praising is beyond knowledge. This verse commands us to praise Him for His might deeds.
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