Psalms 66:2

“Sing forth the honour of his name, make his praise glorious.”
— Psalms 66:2

It is not left to our own option whether we shall praise God or not.
Praise is God’s most righteous due, and every Christian, as the
recipient of his grace, is bound to praise God from day to day. It is
true we have no authoritative rubric for daily praise; we have no
commandment prescribing certain hours of song and thanksgiving: but the
law written upon the heart teaches us that it is right to praise God;
and the unwritten mandate comes to us with as much force as if it had
been recorded on the tables of stone, or handed to us from the top of
thundering Sinai. Yes, it is the Christian’s duty to praise God. It is
not only a pleasurable exercise, but it is the absolute obligation of
his life. Think not ye who are always mourning, that ye are guiltless
in this respect, or imagine that ye can discharge your duty to your God
without songs of praise. You are bound by the bonds of his love to
bless his name so long as you live, and his praise should continually
be in your mouth, for you are blessed, in order that you may bless him;
“this people have I formed for myself, they shall show forth my
praise”; and if you do not praise God, you are not bringing forth the
fruit which he, as the Divine Husbandman, has a right to expect at your
hands. Let not your harp then hang upon the willows, but take it down,
and strive, with a grateful heart, to bring forth its loudest music.
Arise and chant his praise. With every morning’s dawn, lift up your
notes of thanksgiving, and let every setting sun be followed with your
song. Girdle the earth with your praises; surround it with an
atmosphere of melody, and God himself will hearken from heaven and
accept your music.

“E’en so I love thee, and will love,
And in thy praise will sing,
Because thou art my loving God,
And my redeeming King.”

On this day…

• Mark 16 – 2024
• Mark 15 – 2024
• 1 Samuel 3 – 2023
• 1 Samuel 2 – 2023
• Expect little from self – 2011
• Work with an eternal quality in our work – 2011
• 1 Peter 1 – 2011
• Colossians 4 – 2011
• Colossians 3 – 2011
• Predestination – 2009