These next series of Psalms are focused on praise. God is worthy of praise. This is the most fundamental fact. When you wake up in the morning the one thing we can be sure is that God is worthy of praise today. Whatever the circumstances, whether things are going well or whether we are facing trials, we can be sure that a good thing to do is to praise the Lord.
This Psalm lists a number of things for which God is to be praised:
- He answers prayers
- He forgives our sins
- He gives us good things from His house.
- He answers us with awesome deeds.
- He created all things and has power over all things
- He makes abundant provision for His people
Our God is truly worthy of praise. Note how many of these are done for us. Our God is for us. We should praise Him for what He does for us. People sometimes say we should worship God for who He is, not for what He can do for us. The intention behind this sort of talk is good, but it is fundamentally flawed. Who is God? He is the God who made us, who cares for us. It is fundamental that God is good and loves us. Things go wrong when we stop believing that God is for us, that God's plans for us are good.
We have a wonderful God, let's praise Him, and let's expect Him to do great things for us.
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