THE RESULTS OF PRAISING GOD’S MAJESTY

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Psalm 145:1-21, “1David’s Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. 3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. 4One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. 5I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 6And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. 7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. 8The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. 9The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.  10All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. 11They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; 12To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. 13Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. 14The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. 15The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. 17The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. 18The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. 20The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. 21My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.”

What makes praise so important for you?

Here are six results of praising God’s Majesty:

  1. Praise lifts your spirit. Psalm 42:5-6, “5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.  6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar”.

There is no doubt we have a lot in our world today to be discouraged about. But Psalm 42 reminds us to both praise God and remember what He has done in our lives when we were down. Take your eyes off of your troubles and puts them on Jesus Christ.

  1. Praise helps you sense God’s presence. Psalm 140:13, “Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.” God is always present whether you sense it or not. Sometimes we do not feel His presence, because we have moved away from Him. When you do not feel God’s presence it is the time you need to praise Him the most. It is easier to act your way into a feeling than feel your way into an action. In fact, maturity is when we do what is right whether we feel like it or not.
  2. Praise enlarges your perception of God. Psalm 69:30, “I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.” When we look at something with a magnifying glass, it gets bigger. When God gets bigger, our problems get smaller. Either your problems will be big or God will be big. It is your choice. As you praise God, He gets bigger and our challenges get smaller
  3. Praise reveals solutions we cannot see. Psalm 73:16-17, “16When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; 17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.” We all have issues in our lives we simply cannot figure out. They tie us up in knots. Psalm 73:16-17 describes this kind of situation. The sanctuary is a metaphor in this Psalm for coming into the presence of God. It was through worshiping God that the writer got his answer.
  4. Praise enlists God’s protection. When you praise God for an answer to your prayer before it happens. That is faith-and that is when God begins to fight for you. In 2 Chronicles 20, we read about three enemy nations who ganged up on Israel. The only chance Israel had was for God to miraculously save them. So, King Jehoshaphat organized an unusual battle plan. He put a choir in front of the army as they marched into battle. The Bible says as soon as the Israelites started praising God, confusion ensued and the enemy was defeated. The Lord wants to fight your battles too, so take time to praise Him in advance.
  5. Praise breaks chains and opens doors. You probably have certain things holding you back. You might feel stuck, like nothing has changed in your life for the better. It sounds odd, but there is no better time for you to thank God than right now. Paul did this in Acts 16 while he was in prison with Silas. In the middle of the night, the two decided to have a praise session. As they praised God, the Bible says, “The prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off!” (Acts 16:26). That story is a miracle, but it is also a metaphor of what God does in our lives when we praise him. When you need to be set free from an attitude, an addiction, or habit, praise God. It will break the chains holding you back. My challenge for you is to always praise God’s majesty above and beyond your personal issues and to make praise your natural response for everything you face-good or bad. Develop that habit in your life and then see what God does.

Question:

What other benefits do you get as you magnify God’s majesty, personal experience?

Victory Tips:

Always praise God’s Majesty above and beyond your personal issues and to make praise your natural response for everything you face-good or bad

Prayer:

I will praise your Majesty O Lord forever more.




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