10.25.8 "Take the Time to Praise"

"Take the Time to Praise"

Jeremiah 48:1-49:22
2 Timothy 4:1-22
Psalm 95:1-96:13
Proverbs 26:9-12

Many times it's easy to get entrenched in the routines of life and we forget the most important thing: Taking time to praise the Lord. Let's take the time today.

"Oh, come, let us sing to the Lord! Give a joyous shout in honor of the Rock of our salvation! Come before him with thankful hearts. Let us sing him psalms of praise. For the Lord is a great God, the great King of all gods. He controls the formation of the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains; all are his. He made the sea and formed the land; they too are his. Come, kneel before the Lord our Maker, for he is our God. We are his sheep and he is our Shepherd. Oh, that you would hear him calling you today and come to him!" Ps:95:1-7

I wrote a song a couple years ago similar to this Psalm:

I'm amazed that the One who made the mighty oceans roar,
Placed the stars in the heavens, formed the mountains of the earth,
Gave the infant breath of life, turned the sea into dry land,
Is the One who carries me.

Think about that. The creator of the universe is carrying you! I love the last part of verse 7. "Oh, that you would hear him calling you today and come to him!" We get so distracted by the stress we try to carry on our own that we lose track of his voice.

Come to him in worship today. "Sing a new song to the Lord! Sing it everywhere around the world! Sing out his praises! Bless his name. Each day tell someone that he saves." Ps 96:1-2

This Psalm shows that worship isn't just between us and him! His worship should be made known to unbelievers as well. "Publish his glorious acts throughout the earth. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does. For the Lord is great beyond description, and greatly to be praised. Worship only him among the gods! For the gods of other nations are merely idols, but our God made the heavens!" Ps 96:3-5

I love Ps 96:9: "Worship the Lord with the beauty of holy lives." What a great way to worship God: Living a holy life. You can only imagine what that means to God when we live that way. When you live that way, your lifestyle is an expression of praise for others to see how great your God is. Notice it's not a "holier than thou" life. When we worship properly, it puts us in our proper place. It doesn't exalt me, it humbles me. Living a holy life is living a humble life. When speaking with a co-worker about why we don't party the way they do it should not be a conversation of condemnation. It should be a revelation of how great God is, not how great WE are!

Take the Time to praise today! Live the Dynamic Lifestyle of Worship. Take note of what it does inside of you. Then take note of what he does through you!



Through the Power of the Spirit,
Live the DREAM!

P Greg


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