27 September Psalm 150

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord

Psalm 150:6(NIV) Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.

“Praise is all about Him. You are out of the picture. You express words of adoration to Him for what He does and for who He is.” - Chuck Swindoll

Praise is the expression of greatness, beauty, and excellence of something. When we praise God, we express His greatness beauty and excellence.

In this Psalm, we see that we need to praise the Lord and no other! Praise the Lord for who He truly is! Praise the Lord with your instrument and your voice!

God created the flowers to be beautiful and the birds to sing so that men and women could enjoy them. The scientist, with an entirely different kind of perspective, would never admit that fact. The scientist contends that the bird sings for a different reason.

“It is the male bird that sings, and he sings only to attract the female so they may nest and procreate. ‘It is simply biological.' It is at this point that I ask the scientist, ‘Why doesn’t the bird just squeak or groan or gurgle? Why does he have to sing and warble and harmonize as though he had been tuned to a harp?’ I think the answer is plain—it is because God made him to sing. If I were a male bird and wanted to attract a female, I could turn handsprings or do any number of tricks. But why does the bird sing so beautifully? It is because the God who made him is the Chief Musician of the universe. He is the Composer of the cosmos. He made the harp in those little throats and the feathers around them and said, ‘Go and sing.’ Thankfully, the birds obeyed and they have been singing and praising God ever since they were created. - A.W. Tozer, from Whatever Happened to Worship?

Above all, and above all things, praise the LORD!

Finally, who should praise the Lord? Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Every living creature has what it takes to praise God – breath. So, while I am alive and breathing, I will praise the Lord.