Praise Him
June 1984
by Karen Sue Hale ©1985
It’s something that I
learned a long, long time ago.
Yet it’s something I keep
learning new each day…
That no matter what the
circumstances,
No matter come what may,
I just need to praise His
name.
It’s easy, Lord, to
praise you when I’m happy,
And it’s easy, Lord, to
praise on sunny days.
But when my world is
upside down
and everything looks
gray,
Still I need to praise
your name.
After delineating the power and purpose of God’s word, the psalmist wraps
up with a cry for understanding, a desire to live a life of praise, and a
prayer for deliverance.
Allowing the Holy Spirit to illumine
God’s word as we read leads to an increased longing to know more of the
Lord. The more I know of him, the more I
want to know. It’s like being in
love. It IS being in love with perfect
Love (I John 4:8 “God is love.”) The
Bible is God’s love letter to each of us. We need to delight in it, sing about
it, and choose it above all other literature.
We need to ask the Lord to help us understand his word.
When I’m in love, I can talk
of almost nothing else but the person I want to be with. Ask my friends, and they’ll tell you I can be
absolutely obnoxious when I’m infatuated with someone. If I’m truly in love with the Lord, my lips
should “overflow with praise.” I should
be telling everyone all the wonderful things the Lord of love has done for me
and listing all his amazing attributes for all who would listen. My life should be lived in order to bring
praise and glory to my Savior.
Because the Lord has helped me
understand his word, I can have confidence that he will deliver me and sustain
me. When I strayed like a lost sheep, he
sought me and brought me back to the fold. Praise the Lord!
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