Psalm for Today =
117:1-2
Praise the Lord, all nations!Extol him, all peoples!For great is his steadfast love toward us,and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.Praise the Lord!
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The psalmist’s call to praise Yahweh is not just to the
Jews, but to all nations and peoples. The kingdom of God is intended to be
multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and cannot be contained by any one political
nation.
Why should we praise him?
We should praise God first because
of the greatness, the might, the strength of his hesed (steadfast love/ loving-kindness
/ loyal love) towards us. When we praise him for it, it helps us to not forget
how he feels about us.
We should also praise the Lord because of his
faithfulness/truth never ends. He doesn’t stop being faithful and true no
matter what we do or what the condition of the world may be. When we praise him
for this, it helps us to become a bit more faithful and true ourselves!
Hallelujah! (Praise the Lord!)
How different would our lives be if we could remember these three ideas?
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