Psalm 135:1-21

We are called to praise the Lord.  All who desire to please God with their lives and have the privilege of knowing Him and serving Him are to use their lives to praise Him.  There are many reasons that we have to praise Him.  Certainly He is worthy of our praise but in addition to that, it is pleasant to praise the Lord.  The call to worship God is an act of obedience, but it is one in which we should take great delight.  Worship is pleasing to God and pleasing to us.  This Psalm points to several reasons that we should praise the Lord and outlines the content of our worship.

HIS SOVEREIGNTY: God is the creator of the heavens and the earth and is in control of all that happens on the earth.  He is self-sufficient and does according to His desires.  He has not limits and there are no gods who can compete with Him.  Wind, rain, storms and all that exists is in His hand.  Certainly God is worthy of our praise and worship for His greatness.  When we praise God for His power it stands as a reminder to us of Who is in control and allows us to keep our own lives in proper perspective.

OUR LIBERTY: God had demonstrated His power over not only the elements but also the nations by setting Israel free from the captivity in Egypt.  He plundered the nation of Egypt in order to set the nation of Israel free.  They were slaves in captivity without any hope of freedom apart from God.  But God did set them free.  We too were captivated by sin until the Lord set us free in Christ.  We are liberated from sins power which should fill our hearts with gratitude and our lips with praise to Him.


HIS DEITY: We serve, praise and worship the only God.  All other objects of worship are idols.  They are made by man’s hands or by man’s affections but they are powerless.  They are made after the various forms of God’s creation but they do not have the life that God has bestowed on His creatures much less the life that God possesses in Himself.  He alone is God and He alone should be the object of our affections and worship.

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