June 10, 2011
Praise:
It's all about you God!
Praise:
By far the single most important thing Jane taught us!
Praise!
Psalm 145:1–3 - "I praise your greatness, my God the king; I will praise you forever and ever. I will praise you every day; I will praise you forever and ever. The LORD is great and worthy of our praise; no one can understand how great he is."
Praise. How did we live all those years without "getting" this key part in our relationship with God? Maybe part of the problem was the word I just used—"with" God. Maybe it is better explained by saying "to" God. "With" implies some sort of equality in the relationship. There is nothing "equal" about it. It is
How did man/we ever get the idea that we are "with" God and that God should somehow be grateful that we decided to "accept" Him as our Savior? Like He (God) should somehow be grateful to us for choosing Him? God "owes" us nothing. We owe Him everything! Yet, if you ask a group of church people to share some praises, I can almost guarantee you that you will hear a list of things they are thankful for, a list of things God has done for them. And therein lies the problem. Their "praises" end up being about them instead of about the God who was, who is, and who will always be. Praise is about God. God alone. Who HE is. What HE has done. HIS surpassing greatness. When you "get" praise right, everything else falls into place.
When the God → man order is wrong, nothing lines up correctly and we are spinning our wheels.
Next Entry: Psalm 145:1 – 150:6 (Continued)
Praise:
It's all about you God!
Praise:
By far the single most important thing Jane taught us!
Praise!
Psalm 145:1–3 - "I praise your greatness, my God the king; I will praise you forever and ever. I will praise you every day; I will praise you forever and ever. The LORD is great and worthy of our praise; no one can understand how great he is."
Praise. How did we live all those years without "getting" this key part in our relationship with God? Maybe part of the problem was the word I just used—"with" God. Maybe it is better explained by saying "to" God. "With" implies some sort of equality in the relationship. There is nothing "equal" about it. It is
God
↓
Man.
How did man/we ever get the idea that we are "with" God and that God should somehow be grateful that we decided to "accept" Him as our Savior? Like He (God) should somehow be grateful to us for choosing Him? God "owes" us nothing. We owe Him everything! Yet, if you ask a group of church people to share some praises, I can almost guarantee you that you will hear a list of things they are thankful for, a list of things God has done for them. And therein lies the problem. Their "praises" end up being about them instead of about the God who was, who is, and who will always be. Praise is about God. God alone. Who HE is. What HE has done. HIS surpassing greatness. When you "get" praise right, everything else falls into place.
God
↓
Man
When the God → man order is wrong, nothing lines up correctly and we are spinning our wheels.
Next Entry: Psalm 145:1 – 150:6 (Continued)
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