Psalm 34:1-3. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name.
More poignant words from the Psalmist David. And believe me, he had plenty cause to sing the Lord’s praises, the numerous times The Most High saved his bacon. This Psalm was reputedly written after David, on Jonathan’s warning, fled from Saul to the priest Ahimelech.(1 Samuel 20, 21) David lied to him about having to leave in haste on a secret mission for Saul, that’s why he only had a few men, no food and no weapons. The poor, frightened priest, not knowing that his good deed would cost him and many of his fellow priests their lives, gave David hallowed bread and Goliath’s sword. Then David went to A’chish, King of Gath. But the king’s servants recognized David as a mighty warrior, this made him so afraid that he feigned madness, drooling spittle on his beard. But A’chish didn’t want a madman around him, so David then fled to the cave Adullam in the wilderness with his small band of followers. Hn,hn! David was surely a man of many parts and did plenty wrong stuff, but apparently throughout all his wrongdoings, he never seemed to have lost sight of his Protector; The Most High, and found time to sing His praises and give Him thanks. And whenever the Lord draped him up, called him to account for a particular sin, he seems to have admitted it without too much hemming and hawing, and paid whatever price the Lord deemed sufficient. Friends, that’s the way we need to be; admit our sins and pay the price without too much squawking, but also continuously give thanks and praise to Our God. We need to let our hearts be so full of Him, that when the humble hear about Him form us, they’ll be so glad, that they’ll jump for joy and shout with us, "Oh magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His Name together!" Much LOVE…as little wrongdoing as possible…continuous praise and much exalting of his Holy Name.
More poignant words from the Psalmist David. And believe me, he had plenty cause to sing the Lord’s praises, the numerous times The Most High saved his bacon. This Psalm was reputedly written after David, on Jonathan’s warning, fled from Saul to the priest Ahimelech.(1 Samuel 20, 21) David lied to him about having to leave in haste on a secret mission for Saul, that’s why he only had a few men, no food and no weapons. The poor, frightened priest, not knowing that his good deed would cost him and many of his fellow priests their lives, gave David hallowed bread and Goliath’s sword. Then David went to A’chish, King of Gath. But the king’s servants recognized David as a mighty warrior, this made him so afraid that he feigned madness, drooling spittle on his beard. But A’chish didn’t want a madman around him, so David then fled to the cave Adullam in the wilderness with his small band of followers. Hn,hn! David was surely a man of many parts and did plenty wrong stuff, but apparently throughout all his wrongdoings, he never seemed to have lost sight of his Protector; The Most High, and found time to sing His praises and give Him thanks. And whenever the Lord draped him up, called him to account for a particular sin, he seems to have admitted it without too much hemming and hawing, and paid whatever price the Lord deemed sufficient. Friends, that’s the way we need to be; admit our sins and pay the price without too much squawking, but also continuously give thanks and praise to Our God. We need to let our hearts be so full of Him, that when the humble hear about Him form us, they’ll be so glad, that they’ll jump for joy and shout with us, "Oh magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His Name together!" Much LOVE…as little wrongdoing as possible…continuous praise and much exalting of his Holy Name.
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