Psalm 145:1-5 (NIV)
I will exalt you, my God the King;
I will praise your name for ever and ever.
I will exalt you, my God the King;
I will praise your name for ever and ever.
Every day I will praise you
and extol your name for ever and ever.
Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
his greatness no one can fathom.
One generation will commend your works to another;
they will tell of your mighty acts.
They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty,
and I will meditate on your wonderful works.
Were you "meditating on the wonderful works" of God?
I know, the metro Atlanta commute is not the most worshipful of settings, is it?
And yet, thankfully, we do have those wonderful moments in life when we feel like the Psalmist. We have those days when we just can't help seeing the power and majesty at work in our lives and world.
John Ortberg calls those kinds of experiences, "rainbow days." The days that just seem to happen...when we see God at work everywhere, like the rainbow set in the sky before Noah, and we remember his promise of presence in our lives.
What if we have the ability to make those rainbow days come a little more frequently?
What if we could choose to offer praise to God, even when we don't feel like it?
The Book does tell us that faith is believing where we haven't yet seen. But, there's so much to see...that's the amazing part.
This is the beautiful time of year when you can turn that corner in your neighborhood that you've turned about 10,000 times, and be absolutely overcome with the beauty of what God has made.
I often take a shortcut through a modest little neighborhood here in Douglasville. Every fall, I am amazed at the view behind one tiny home. The house would not make the list of Douglasville's best and most beautiful places to live. But God's handiwork in that place is amazing.
The rolling North Georgia hills spread out in waves of orange, yellow, green and red. The beauty that we ignore throughout much of the year just stands up and demands notice.
"Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise."
Yes indeed.
Prayer: Your greatness, no one can fathom. May we pass this knowledge from one generation to the next, and spend this day in meditation on your power and goodness.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. World without end. Amen.
Tomorrow's Scripture: Psalm 145:17-21
1 comment:
"They will speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty."
I love that bit of the scripture. Here at UWG CCF, the leadership team I am a part of talks about leaving behind a legacy: something for which we will be remembered and that people will be talking about for years.
With that sort of definition in mind, what more does God have to do in order for us to remember Him daily and talk about Him?
The harsh reality sometimes is that we fall well short of the level of praises we should be lifting up to our God. Im not up on a soapbox, either, but down in the dirtiest of dumps when it comes to that particular topic. I will be the first to admit that I rarely praise God for the beauty of the world He created unless its the fall. Any other time, I curse the weather! Too hot. Too cold.
Or...just perfect.
Praise God.
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