Psalm 145:21
“My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, and all flesh shall bless His holy name forever and forever.” Have you ever read a verse and all of a sudden it hit you that this verse is very important and yet you’ve failed to carry it out for some time? I have many times and once again it happened this week. It happened as I was reading Psalm 145 and I came to the very last verse which is quoted above. What struck me was that it is my opportunity and responsibility to speak the praise of the Lord forever, and yet often the only things I speak of the Lord are prayer requests! In Psalm 145, David writes a song filled with praises to our God talking about the very present works of our God and the enduring gracious works of our God. What struck me as I read this was this: no wonder so many people struggle to passionately worship Jesus Christ, because they don’t take time to praise and worship Him daily. We’ve forgotten and neglected to think on and speak the accomplishments, the gracious workings and merciful dealings of the Lord with us and because of this we come into corporate times of praise with empty baskets of praise from which we draw. All of this results in wasted singing, fake worship and Sunday-only Christianity which God is not pleased with: “Malachi 1:8 When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the LORD of hosts. “