EXALT THE LORD

Psalm 117 (NIV) “Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.
For great is his love toward us and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD.”

EXTOL (def): to praise, glorify, or honor; to praise lavishly; to exalt.
LAVISHLY (def): to give in abundance; shower.
EXALT (def): to lift up; to praise highly.

ENDURES (def): to continue in existence; to last.

We live in a world where praise is literally heaped on star athletes, actors and actresses, scholars, entrepreneurs and the like. We idolize them, admire them, take pictures of them and seek their autographs. When they stumble and fall, as many do, we either choose to emulate their bad behavior or toss them aside as a sham. There is One who truly deserves our praise and adoration. He is perfect in every way. He created those that we idolize. He is more powerful than anything you can imagine and brighter than 100 billion watts. He is Jehovah, the Lord God Almighty, creator of all that you see.

Man will fail you and does on a regular basis. Even your best friends; even your spouse, will stumble and fall flat on their faces as they attempt to achieve the unachievable. However, God has no faults or failings in Him. Nothing negative exists in His presence. No sin can abide within His Shekinah* glory. He existed before time and still exists today. He loves perfectly and unconditionally. He forgives when no one else will. He judges fairly and justly. He is truth, for there is no falsehood in him. He is Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient; meaning He is All-Powerful, everywhere at one time by His Holy Spirit and there is nothing that is not known to Him.

If anyone in the history of man ever deserved to be praised, it is Almighty God. Yet man continues to seek idols that they can see, touch, taste and smell. Given a free will to choose whom they will follow and serve, they naturally gravitate toward that which is ungodly and base. It is their sinful nature, a byproduct of ‘The Fall’.

If only those lost would yield to the glory and grace of Almighty God, they would be set free from those things that bind them. However, their eyes have been blinded; their hearts seared over. The enemy of their soul has led them down a ‘primrose’ path that leads them, unknowingly, to their destruction.

God is the only entity that is deserving and worthy of praise. So lift His name up to the heavens; enjoy the fruit that comes from knowing Him.

“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever.” - 1 Chronicles 16:34 (NIV)

WALK WITH THE KING TODAY AND BE A BLESSING!!

*Shekinah (def): A visible manifestation of the divine presence as described in Jewish theology.