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Psalm 148: 1-4

"Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all you stars of light! Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, And you waters above the heavens!..."


I think over this psalm often and it brings such deep joy to my heart and mind because it takes our praise and worship of Him outside the four walls of the church, and even outside the four walls of our own homes. It shows us that even nature itself is commanded to praise our Lord. Creation itself cries out to our King and our sweet Lord in adoration and admiration for all He is and all He has done. The mountains bow down at His name.

There is such power that comes when we praise God through our own circumstances. When everyday we come before Him, even if we have nothing to say to Him, and we tell Him how much we love Him and how simply thankful we are to have Him close, you can only imagine the pride of a Fathers' heart towards His kid. What joy you bring HIm when you are driving in the car and remember to say, "Lord, I love you to bits and pieces." Even for no specific reason at all!

Think about the big beautiful mountains praising Him. Imagine the billions of angels that right now are crying "Holy Holy Holy" around His throne in the heavens. Look outside at the sun, and later tonight at the moon and watch them. We are watching from so far away and they are praising Him--the same God as we are praising. Look up, if you can see them, and look at the starts twinkling as they behold the beauty of God from where they were placed in the heavens. Think of the oceans, the huge waters all over the earth. Those waves are crashing down and bowing before their Creator.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Go ahead, tell Him you love Him.