{"id":3734,"date":"2008-12-13T18:21:45","date_gmt":"2008-12-13T23:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2008-12-13T18:21:45","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T23:21:45","slug":"psalms-662-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/2008\/12\/13\/psalms-662-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Psalms 66:2"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Sing forth the honour of his name, make his praise glorious.”
\n — Psalms 66:2<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It is not left to our own option whether we shall praise God or not.
\nPraise is God’s most righteous due, and every Christian, as the
\nrecipient of his grace, is bound to praise God from day to day. It is
\ntrue we have no authoritative rubric for daily praise; we have no
\ncommandment prescribing certain hours of song and thanksgiving: but the
\nlaw written upon the heart teaches us that it is right to praise God;
\nand the unwritten mandate comes to us with as much force as if it had
\nbeen recorded on the tables of stone, or handed to us from the top of
\nthundering Sinai. Yes, it is the Christian’s duty to praise God. It is
\nnot only a pleasurable exercise, but it is the absolute obligation of
\nhis life. Think not ye who are always mourning, that ye are guiltless
\nin this respect, or imagine that ye can discharge your duty to your God
\nwithout songs of praise. You are bound by the bonds of his love to
\nbless his name so long as you live, and his praise should continually
\nbe in your mouth, for you are blessed, in order that you may bless him;
\n“this people have I formed for myself, they shall show forth my
\npraise”; and if you do not praise God, you are not bringing forth the
\nfruit which he, as the Divine Husbandman, has a right to expect at your
\nhands. Let not your harp then hang upon the willows, but take it down,
\nand strive, with a grateful heart, to bring forth its loudest music.
\nArise and chant his praise. With every morning’s dawn, lift up your
\nnotes of thanksgiving, and let every setting sun be followed with your
\nsong. Girdle the earth with your praises; surround it with an
\natmosphere of melody, and God himself will hearken from heaven and
\naccept your music.<\/p>\n

“E’en so I love thee, and will love,
\nAnd in thy praise will sing,
\nBecause thou art my loving God,
\nAnd my redeeming King.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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