Praise ye the LORD

"Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD."     

                                                            Psalm 150:6

Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of everyday life we forget GOD. It sounds bad doesn't it? After every activity we do in life and every effort to succeed, after every accomplish, before every morsel of food enters our mouth, do we thank GOD. GOD doesn't get nearly enough credit for all that He does. Majority of the things He does for us we are completely unaware of it. For example, the fact that we are able to breath is due to His constant provision and enablement. He alone keeps the Earth in orbit, our feet on the ground and life in our body. Everything we have, belongs to Him because He gave it to us and everything we've ever accomplished is down to Him because He enabled us. His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness and great is His love towards us. We are covered by the Everlasting Arms.

With a Word GOD created this vast universe that we see. No one in the whole universe can speak things into existence. That is how magnficent and powerful our awesome GOD is. There is none like Him. The Psalmist of Psalm 150 had it right when he wrote "Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD." GOD is responsible for us. He takes care of us and nurtures us like a mother nurtures her new born baby. Her pride and joy. We are the apple of His eye. However, this should be mutual in our relationship with Him. He should also be the apple of our eye. GOD is the only One who can supply all of our needs and we owe Him all of our praise and adoration. He alone is worthy of our praise. All that we have to offer is because He first gave it to us. So all praise is due to our holy GOD in all instances of life.

GOD (the LORD) is Spirit. He is our Creator, the Creator of the entire universe. He doesn't need help from any of us. He does need us at all. He was GOD from before creation and will forever be GOD. He is the only One uncreated. Noone created Him and He created all things. Yet He has time for us, insignificant human beings and wants to have a relationship with us.(Psalm 8:4) He loves us and He wants us for Himself. He wants us near, consecrated and set apart.

One of the many reasons we should praise GOD is because He loved us so much that He sent His one and only Son Jesus Christ to be sin for us. Christ died on the cross for our sins so that we wouldn't have to face the punishment that results from sin. Romans 6:23-"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."  Our LORD and Saviour Jesus Christ defeated death in the grave. Now in Him we have been granted Grace, and have received forgiveness of sins. We now have access to the Father. "The veil was torn" and now there is nothing in existence that can separate us from Him or from His love (Romans 8:35-39). Christ paid the penalty of sin and bought my ransom, even though He was the completely sinless Son of GOD. He humbled Himself and became nothing for our sakes. Have you thanked Him today?

Oh, set me apart, Lord. Set me apart.

I want to be close to Thine heart.

Melt me and mould be and make me anew

Lord I want to be just like You.