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My commentary says, “There are no requests in this psalm; it
is only praise to the Lord … Believers today must be obedient to God’s will if
they would enjoy God’s best. The psalm also admonishes us not to forget the blessings after we have received them and enjoyed them.”
“My whole being,
praise the Lord.” Heart, soul, mind, and
strength. A great checkup would be to
ask as I am praising Him, whether
any of these parts are not praising
Him, maybe while being distracted by sin.
How much more meaningful our praise would be to Him if the entirety of
our being is involved!
“Do not forget all His kindnesses.” That helps us to have more reasons to praise,
even if we are currently not feeling like praising because of circumstances.
God’s mercy is remembered here: “He does not become angry quickly … He will
not always accuse us … He will not
be angry forever … He has not punished us as our sins should be punished. He has
not repaid us for the evil we have done.”
“he has taken our sins away from us … He knows how we were made; He remembers that
we are dust.” That dust is something that He made. It is not eternal. Someday He will
remake us of eternal stuff.
“Everything the Lord has made should praise Him in all the
places He rules.” Moon dust should
praise Him on the moon. Even the star
dust floating in the vast areas between the stars should praise Him! Mountains and rocks and streams should praise
Him. But because of Adam’s sin, creation
was fundamentally altered and cannot now praise Him as it did after
Creation. It groans because of this restriction and longs for the day when the
earth is made new again and it is
able to do what it was made to do.
We have a choice to praise Him, so we should with every
breath we take!
Father, if I praised You every second of every day it would
never be enough praise. Thank You for
this reminder that even in the tough times I should remember all the blessings
You have already given me that I had no right to receive. Cause me to bless You especially in these tough times by reminding me of what You’ve done
for me, unlovely as I am.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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