MORNING MANNA 1-26-21
PERPETUAL PRAISE
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised– Psalm 113:3
As you know we are more prone to ask God for something than we are to thank Him for what we have, and we are more likely to thank God for what He has done than to praise Him for who He is. That just goes to show that even when we do something we should we often allow the good to crowd out the best. There is no higher occupation of the soul than to praise God – glorifying Him because of who He is. Nothing pleases God more, nor benefits us greater than that.
Commenting on this verse an article from the Baptist Bible Hour says:
No matter where you come from, where you live, or where your life may take you, your purpose is the same — to praise the Lord in all you do, say, and think. From the place of the sunrise, to the horizon where it sets, God is worthy of adoration.
And he deserves our honor no matter the time of day or night. When we are commuting to work in the morning, changing diapers during the day, or doing homework at night we are to do all to the glory of our Savior. May never a day pass that we have not done something to consciously advance the fame of Jesus Christ.
But his name is also to be praised at every stage of life. If you are young and energetic, in the “morning” of your life, God is due your obedience and worship. If you are nearing the sunset of your life, then you have an increasingly powerful witness, as God more and more shows his strength in your weakness.
There is no place, no time, no stage in life in which our great concern should not be to bring glory to our Maker and Savior. Will you praise him right now, right here, in this time of your life and in the place that God has uniquely positioned you for his glory?
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble, Tx.
