“A Song of Praise”

 “A Song of Praise”

 

“Let the whole earth sing to the LORD!   Each day proclaim the Good News that HE SAVES.  Publish His Glorious Deeds among the nations.  Tell everyone about the AMAZING things He does.  Great is the LORD!  He is MOST WORTHY of PRAISE!  He is to be feared above ALL gods.”

1 Chronicles 16: 23-25

 

Our Scripture today, is PART of a “Song of PRAISE, written by King David.  And he did this when the Ark of God was placed inside the SPECIAL tent David had prepared for it.  If you have NOT read 1 Chronicles 16, you are MISSING a REAL BLESSING.  Even though it was written for the Israelites. It is MOST DEFINITELY applicable for the TRUE BELIEVER of today.  

 

Notice that David gives instructions on the PROPER way to PRAISE the HOLY, RIGHTEOUS, GOD, Who is MIGHTY in POWER and STRENGTH.  In verse eleven David says:  “SEARCH for the LORD and for His STRENGTH; CONTINUALLY SEEK Him.” In other words, BE DILIGENT in SEARCHING for the LORD, (remember when the word LORD is all caps, it’s referring to GOD.)  So, we are to SEARCH for the LORD GOD, ALMIGHTY and to CONTINUALLY SEEK Him.  And to offer up our PRAISE with the ATTITUDE of GRATITUDE. 

 

The King goes on to say: “Let the WHOLE EARTH sing to the LORD!  And EACH DAY proclaim the GOOD NEWS that He SAVES.”  God LOVES mankind SOOO MUCH, that HE has a PLAN to SAVE ALL of mankind. The PROBLEM is NOT ALL of mankind LOVES GOD, and therefore they have NOTHING to PROCLAIM, in their PRESENT, SINFUL LIFE.   They REBEL AGAINST God, and REFUSE to ACCEPT His GIFT of SALVATION.  And they are then DOOMED to SPEND their ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once they are there.  

 

Once you have WILLINGLY RECEIVED God’s Gift of SALVATION, you are to TELL EVERYONE of the AMAZING THINGS He does.  And ALL that He has done for YOU.  David says we are to: “Publish His GLORIOUS DEEDS among the nations.”  That means to ISSUE PUBLICLY the WORKS of the ALMIGHTY GOD.  GET the WORD OUT to a LOST and DYING WORLD!”

 

In order for you to be ABLE to do that, You MUST HAVE a RELATIONSHIP with God and His ONLY SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who is the GIFT and PLAN that GOD has for the SALVATION of mankind.  First, You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, Jesus Christ, the ONLY WAY to OBTAIN SALVATION, is through the SHED BLOOD, of JESUS, who SUFFERED, BLED, and DIED for You and Me, but He did NOT stay in the GRAVE.  He was CRUCIFIED, DIED, and BURIED in a TOMB.  Then on the THIRD DAY God RAISED HIM from DEATH, and the GRAVE.  HE now has VICTORY over DEATH and the GRAVE.  In order for YOU to become a part of GOD’S FAMILY.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU and that HE is NOW ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.    You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ask Him  for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL lifestyle and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT GOD’S GIFT of SALVATION and SHOUT IT OUT:  JESUS SAVES.  TELL the GOOD NEWS, there is HOPE for an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS!!!  Do this NOW, while you STILL CAN.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND!!!