I WILL SING PRAISES TO GOD!

at May 13, 2025

When we truly realise the goodness, grace and mercy of God upon us, our lives, and upon all that concerns us, we can’t but praise and thank God. If we truly recognise God’s hand upon our lives, we can’t stop praising Him, and can’t stop singing His praises. This has been my personal experience.

We are not alone, if we desire to sing praises to our God. The Psalmist who wrote Psalm 104, thinks on same lines. This is evident from Psalm 104:33-34.
– “33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.” – Psalm 104:33-34

The words of these two verses, from Psalm 104, speak volumes about singing praises to our God. They give us an insight into the heart of the Psalmist, his perspective about God, and about us, the human beings. We can see four significant points from these two verses.

1- “I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live”
The Psalmist decides that, he will sing songs of praises and worship to the LORD, as long as he lives. He is deciding to do something, which would last his entire life. How strongly and deeply should he have been impressed upon by God, that the Psalmist would take such a decision? How about us?

2- “I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.”
The Psalmist is a realist. By saying, “I will praise God, while I am still alive” indicates two very important things. One, the uncertainty of human life. We don’t know how many days we would love. Two, making the best use of whatever time is available on hand, and doing the best thing possible – to Praise God. How about us?

3- “My meditation of him shall be sweet”
Life is a mixture of many things. Life has its fair share of ups and downs, apart from its mountain top experiences. An honest look at life will tell us, one has more tough times than great times. Knowing this very well, the Psalmist says, “My meditation of him shall be sweet!” indicating his desire to remember the goodness, grace and mercy of God. He seems to say, “Whatever may be the share of my life, I will see God as good, gracious and merciful!” This is his approach to life, and all that it throws at him. How about us?

4- “I will be glad in the LORD.”
Any little knowledge and experience of life, tells us that, pain, agony and anguish are part of every life. Many times, when we look back, we may see more times of such tough situations, than great and praiseworthy times. This is being realistic about life, on the fallen earth. Yet, the Psalmist says, “I will be glad in the LORD.” This indicates an intentional approach to life, where despite all its struggles and storms, the Psalmist wishes to approach it with a positive frame of mind. This is not some psychological remedial mixture of positive thinking. No, it is sound biblical principle of seeing the hand of God through all that is happening in our lives. Therefore, “I will be glad in the LORD” whatever life may throw at us. How about us?

May the LORD help us to see, God’s hand, working its way in our lives, despite all that may be happening in and around us. When we see the goodness, grace and mercy of God in our lives, we see the invisible hand of God, working “all things for our good.” – Romans 8:28-32. Even so the LORD help us.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

God’s sovereignty and ability to manage every aspect of our lives is demonstrated in the fact that “all things work together for good to those who love God,” though we must face the sufferings of this present time (Romans 8:18). God is able to make even those sufferings work together for our good and His good.

– – David Guzik