This Psalm starts with three very clear instructions. First we are to praise Him, then we are to call on His name, finally we are to make His name known to the world. Praising God, recognising who He is the starting point. Then when we are in need we will call upon His name, for we will know that He is the one who can help us. Then when we receive this help, when we experience His goodness we will tell others about Him.
We are to sing to the Lord and tell of all His deeds. We are to delight in His name, and our hearts are to rejoice in Him. Whatever our circumstances and situation we must delight in the Lord. We need to instruct our souls to seek joy in the Lord. Then we will find the salvation that we seek.
We are to look to Him and to His strength. Our strength often runs our, often proves inadequate, but the strength of the Lord will never fail us. We live life not in our own strength alone. In every circumstance the equation is "the world v me and God". So nothing can defeat us, nothing can overwhelm us. The problem is that so often we miss out the God part of the equation. So the answer is to seek His face always. In any and every circumstance we are to seek the face of the Lord, then we can truly know what is going on.
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