OUR PRAISE REFLECTS WHAT
WE THINK ABOUT GOD!
Psalm 48:1
Great is
the Lord and greatly to be praised
in the city of our
God!
His holy
mountain,
In this psalm the Lord is
praised, as well as His beloved city, Jerusalem. The worthiness of God to
receive worship and praise is magnified, as the city of God is blessed by the
Lords’ protection and care.
God has demonstrated His
power, having miraculously protected the city from the enemy’s armies. The
beneficiaries of His protection and care are overwhelmed by His unfading,
unending, and perfect love. They recognize God’s righteous control over the
beautiful city they inhabit.
As they watch God’s work,
they are joyously grateful, and will proclaim to the next generation the
wonderful deeds of their Lord.
Psalm 48:12-14
12 Walk about Zion, go
around her,
number her towers,
13 consider well
her ramparts,
go through her citadels,
that you may tell the next
generation
14 that this is God,
our God forever and ever.
He will guide us
forever.
Today, although most of us
look at God as our wonderful Lord, we do not look at our country as a place
where God dwells or that He blesses in a special way, as He did Jerusalem.
But we do know that He
indwells the believer and that He blesses and protects us. We should be
continually amazed and grateful for these privileges we have, in Christ.
1 -We have been saved by grace
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have
been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is
the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
2 - We are secure in our salvation
Romans 8:31-35
What then shall we say to these things? If God
is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son
but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give
us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is
God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who
died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who
indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of
Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or danger, or sword?
3 - We have the Word of God
Psalm 119:97-100
how I love your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
Your commandment makes me wiser than my
enemies,
for it is ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers,
for your testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the aged,
for I keep your precepts.
4 - We have the Holy Spirit in us
John 14:16-17
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you
another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of
truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor
knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in
you.
5 - We are perfectly loved
Romans 8:38-39
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor
angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor
height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate
us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
6 - We have the privilege to pray
Philippians 4:6-7
do not be anxious about anything, but in
everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests
be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
7 - We have the church where we fellowship
Colossians 3:15-16
And let the peace of Christ rule in your
hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be
thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and
admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
8 - We have God-appointed leaders that guard over
our lives
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for
they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an
account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would
be of no advantage to you.
9 - We are constantly recipients of God’s grace
Romans 5:1-2
Therefore, since we have been justified by
faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this
grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of
God.
10 - We have received every spiritual blessing
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places.
We certainly could think
of many more truths that should cause us to praise God and to proclaim this truth
for the generations to come!
In the midst of the cares
of this world, let us be continually encouraged by having an eternal
perspective upon our eternal blessings in Christ!
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