Praise the Lord

Praise the Lord!

“Praise the LORD.
Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.
Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness.
Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,
praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute,
praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD.”
                  Psalm 150.

How do you praise the Lord? Do you praise the Lord?
When your at home do you praise God? By praising the Lord I don’t mean throwing on praise music and listening to it. I mean actually singing to the Lord and not only singing but if you know how to play an instrument praise God with it. Even dance to the Lord.
I know dancing in some churches is frowned on but the Psalmist here clearly says, “praise him with tambourine and dancing,...”
Even in your private time have you ever considered praising God in the dance. You may not be a good dancer or singer but God understands and the scriptures tell us to praise God in the dance. So we should.
We don’t have to do it all the time but we should strive to praise God in any way we are comfortable with.
We need to set fifteen or twenty minutes a day aside to praise God.
Christians set aside time to read a devotional or inspirational message about God but we quite often forget to praise God.
In the book of acts we are told that Paul and Silas while in jail after a beating were praying and singing hymns to God.
I believe we as Christians don’t praise God enough. We don’t take time to just sit back and praise him.
We live quite often in a very busy world. Our lives are full of ‘things’. As a result we quite often to take time just to come before God and simply praise and than Him.
Why not take a few minutes now to praise God.
If you don’t have music simply read the psalms starting at psalm 145 and on to 150 these are psalms of praise.
Make them your own and give glory to the God of heaven and earth.
Please think about it.