Aug 5

Psalm 150:6 (NIV84)

Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD.

This root (praise) connotes being sincerely and deeply thankful for and/or satisfied in lauding a superior quality(ies) or great, great act(s) of the object. The Psalm itself interprets this type of “praise” and states that it is done with instruments of all kinds, it is done with dancing, and in other Psalms it is done with shouting, and generally a off the charts type of demonstration of what is going on inside the worshipper. In other words, I am so thankful, so satisfied that the God of the universe who created everything, who is awesome in His power and all that He does, loves me, pays attention to me, delights in me, that I will use everything I can get my hands on to praise Him. In addition, I will use every part of my body to praise Him too! Nothing is going to stop me from praising him and I will not be “controlled” or “held back” by myself or anybody else in how I praise Him! Of course there is a time and place for things, the Spirit will tell you that, but don’t let anyone contain the praise you HAVE in your heart and soul for God! Go all out, be exuberant – Jesus was and still is for you!