PRAISE IS WHAT I DO
Psalms 104:1-4, 25-30
PRAISE THE LORD FROM THE
HEART
"V:1. Bless the
Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with
splendor and majesty."
A. The greatness of the Lord can be seen in His works.
1. God is spirit
and no one has seen him at anytime.
2. God reveals His
awesomeness before our eyes for all to see.
3. Believers and
non believers cannot deny that the earth is an awesome creation.
4. The universe is
boundless. Our current technology will not allow us to
know how big
it is.
5. Any new
knowledge of stars, moons and planets just tells that the universe
is bigger than
we can imagine.
B. The writer's focus is on the magnificent earth and it's atmosphere and
therefore he burst out in a Psalm of praise to God the
creator.
1. The
Psalmist praise of the Lord, started
from within his heart.
a. From deep
in his soul, praise began.
b. This
probably was not a one time praise, but an on going adoration of God.
2. He claimed the
Lord to be his Lord.
a. God is
personal.
b. We have a
relationship with Him.
c. When we
become God's people, He becomes our God.
C. Consider the
Psalmist's approach to the Lord.
1. The word
'bless'' is the Hebrew word "barak" which is from a root word which
means to
kneel.
2. The word
barak is an act of adoration
3. Every head
shall bow and ever knee shall bend before the Lord.
D. He addresses the
Lord for who He is.
1. The word Lord
is Yehovah which is self existent.
2. God does not
depend on anything or anybody
3. The Hebrew
for God is Elohiym which means the Supreme God,
the one
true God.
4. The Lord is
the one Supreme, self existent God.
5. His character
is lifted up, glorious and excellent.
PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS CREATION
V:2. " Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak,
Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain. "
A. God created light on the first day of creation
1. Jesus said,
" I am the light of the world".
a. Without
Jesus, the world would be full of darkness.
2. God is full of
wisdom and knowledge.
3. God is
omniscience; all knowing
4. Out of what
was originally formless and void came order and beauty.
a. He spoke
and it was so.
b.
There is power in the Word of God.
c. Believers
are empowered by the Word of God.
B. He created the
earth and covered it with a sky.
1. God created an
atmosphere suitable for His creation to exist.
2. God created
the sun to warm the earth, and the sky to filter out
harmful rays.
3. God considered
our well being doing His creative process.
PRAISE THE LORD CONSIDERING HIS KINGSHIP
V:3-4 " He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the
waters; He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind;
4 He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His
ministers."
A. God is spirit.
1. He has no shape
or form.
2. He is spread
across the entire spectrum of His creation.
3. God is
omnipresence; He is everywhere all the time.
4. Where can we go
and not be in the presence of the Lord?
5. God's people
are never alone.
B. Originally, in His
creative process, everything was immersed in water.
1. God separated
the waters from the heavens and from the
waters of the earth.
2, He made heaven
His throne.
3. Angels are God's
created angelical beings, camped around His throne.
a. They are his
messengers equipped with the power to carry out His commands.
b. They give
Him praise continuously.
c. We would do
good to follow the angels example.
4. From time to
time God used His angels to carry out special missions
for Him and to
bring man special messages.
a. We all have
a special message about Jesus.
b. It is our
job to spread the good news about
salvation.
c. After all,
the Lord made man a little lower than His angels.
PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS ABUNDANCE
V:25. There is the sea, great and broad, In which are swarms
without number, Animals both small and great. "
A. God created the seas and filled them with an abundance of
creatures capable of
reproducing themselves
and to feed on each other.
1. God contained
the seas in a permanent place and made them self sufficient.
2. 70 percent of
the earth is covered with water.
3. God's abundance
for man stretches across the seas.
B. God created nature
so that everything is dependant on his resources.
1. God created us
so that we are dependant on nature.
2. Everything
living is interdependent on something in nature.
3. We are directly
dependant on the grace and mercy of God.
4. Because we are
dependant we owe God our highest praise.
5. There is a line
from a song that says, "Praise is what I do."
PRAISE THE LORD FOR OUR MOBILITY
V:26-27. " There the ships move along, And Leviathan,
which You have formed to sport in it.
27 They all wait for You To give them their food in due
season."
A. God made the seas as a source of labor and pleasure for
man.
1. God gave man
the intellect to build ships to transport good and services
from one land
mass to another.
2. The seas are
used for travel for business and pleasure.
3. The earth's
land masses are separated by bodies of water.
B. By God's divine
design, the earth is populated with people of
different
nations with different languages and different resources.
1. The glory of
the Lord is shown in His creativity.
2. The power and
the authority of the Lord is shown in the vastness of
His creation.
3. All we have to
do is observe our universe to see God in action.
4. When we look
and see praise ought to fill our hearts.
PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS
V:28-29. " You give to them, they gather it up; You
open Your hand, they are satisfied with good.
29 You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away
their spirit, they expire And return to their dust."
A. God is the provider for all His creation.
1. Everything is
dependant on God for it's existence.
2. Consider the
rain.
a. When God
open the clouds the rain waters the crops.
b. Man and
animals are dependant on God's rain.
3. After a fresh
rain the ground is soften and worms come to the
surface for
birds to feed on.
B. God is the controller of
life.
1. Man has and
average life span of 70 years. Psalm
90:10
2. It is God who
controls every breath we take.
3. As long as He
gives us breath we live.
4. At an appointed
time, He will take our breath away and we will die.
5. Good news for
us, absent from the body present with the Lord.
PRAISE THE LORD FOR RENEWING OUR SPIRIT
V:30. " You send forth Your Spirit, they are created;
And You renew the face of the ground."
A. God is continuously active in His creation.
1. Life on earth
is continuous because God is active in creating new life.
2. The ground is
continuously being rejuvenated for new growth.
B. The Lord is to be praise for His works.
1. The Lord
should be praised because He is Lord.
2. We should
continuously meditate on the goodness of
the Lord so that our
praise is
continuous.
PRAISE THE LORD BECAUSE HE
IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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