Psalms 145:1 says, David’s Psalm of praise. This is identified as a psalm of praise by David, then verse one says, I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. David said he would extol, or praise, God and bless His name for ever and ever. As Christians, we should always praise God, throughout life everlasting. Verse two adds, Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. David did not say on good days or one or two particular days a week he would praise God, but that everyday he would. We cannot just praise God when things are going well or one or two hours on one or two days a week set aside as days to gather together to worship God, but we must praise Him continually. Verse three declares, Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. We should praise God because of His greatness, and not because of what is happening in our life. God's greatness is unsearchable, or above our understanding. Verse four adds, One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. David said that because of Who God is, that each generation should teach the next to praise Him. This is our responsibility today as well. If one generation is skipped, the next will be in danger of never hearing about God. Though I don't believe any person will ever be able to justify themself because they claim to have never known about God, it is much easier to come to Him by faith when the gospel is shared. Verse five continues, I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. Like David, we as followers of Christ must tell others of the majesty and wonderous works of God, beginning with sharing the gospel. Verse six states, And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. David said when people spoke of God's terrible, or well known acts of judgment, that they would declare God's greatness. We must always proclaim God's greatness, even if He is acting in judgment against the sin and unrepentant sinners in the world. Verse seven adds, They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. This is what we should do as Christians, and we should do this no matter what is happening in the world. We sing God's righteousness because He alone is righteous. Verse eight says, The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. We are so blessed that this is true. If it were not for the grace and compassion of God, there would be no hope for salvation. If God acted hastily out of anger everytime we sinned, we would be damned forever. Verse nine adds, The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. God is indeed good to all, because He offers salvation to everyone. Unfortunately, too many people never accept His salvation plan and will one day be separated from His tender mercies forever. Verse ten continues, All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. We as Christians are the saints of God and we should bless,or praise, Him. Saints are not some super righteous group, but are simply sinners saved by grace who are set apart for doing God's work. Verse eleven states, They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; We should never forget tell others of the glory of the kingdom of God and of His power in the world. Verse twelve adds, To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. We as followers of Christ must tell others of the mighty acts of God and the glorious majesty of His kingdom. If we personally don't know of any other mighty act of God, we know of His mighty act of providing a way of salvation if we have accepted Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord. Verse thirteen declares, Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. This will never change. God's kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion will last through all generations.
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