Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord! Sing to Him a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly, let Israel be glad in his Maker, let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.  Psalms 149:1-2

          You get a good grade on a math test, you finish your homework on time, you made the soccer team… what do you do when those kinds of things happen? You rejoice or you are happy for the rest of the day! When things like those happen… do you praise God? Do you praise God even when things don’t turn out the way you want them to? I know it’s easy to forget to praise God when things are going GREAT, we usually only come to God in times of trouble. Its really important to praise God in the GOOD and in the BAD!

          Psalm 149 says it very clearly that we have to praise the Lord, yet people forget to or they just don’t do it because they don’t feel like it. In Exodus, when Moses lead the Israelites, God commanded them to worship him and to praise Him. Yet they still worshipped a golden statue. Paul is a very good example on how we should praise God. Paul who was beaten and imprisoned for being a Christian, still praised the Lord and He sang hymns to the Lord while he was in prison! That’s how we should act when worshipping God, no matter the situation...praise God! Because He has done so much for us and He deserves to be praised!

        So next time you pass that test, you finish homework, even if you didn’t make the soccer team, or even if you didn’t have a good day… Praise God! He loves to hear from you, and I am sure you will feel much better after praising Him! Dear Lord, Thank you for everything you have done for us. Please help us praise you in the good times and in the bad times. Amen