Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens!
2 Praise him for his mighty deeds;
praise him according to his excellent greatness!
3 Praise him with trumpet sound;
praise him with lute and harp!
4 Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!
5 Praise him with sounding cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
The closing line, let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Whether by earth or land or sea all that has breath should praise the Lord. The Lord be praised by all his creation. He has given them breath and life. He has made them and given em a song to sing in praise to the God of all.
Somebody once asked me which does what it was designed for better, a rock or a human who falls on the rock? The answer is the rock. If the rock was nice it would cushion your fall, but it was designed to be hard and solid and not cushion anything. Thus, the rock is mean but it does exactly what it was created to do in praise to God.
Humans on the other hand, fall because the are not paying attention or distracted. They also may fall because they lose their balance doing something foolish. Granted the human could of be pushed down, and that would be the result of someone else's sin. But the human being was not created to fall down on rocks. He was created to walk on two feet.
The point the is that the rock praises God by being a rock. The fish praise God by being fish and doing what God designed them to do. Likewise, lions, tigers, and bears even though God did not design them to kill and eat flesh praise God by doing what God has called them to do. Humans on the other hand seem to think we praise God by song and crashing symbols. Why not praise God by being what God designed you to be.
Help your neighbor. If you are a symbol you should make noise. If you are a rock stay firm. Of you are a dancer dance. If you are a teacher teach. Praise the Lord by being who he has called you to be. Because he has created you, redeemed you, and given you breath to praise him.
Somebody once asked me which does what it was designed for better, a rock or a human who falls on the rock? The answer is the rock. If the rock was nice it would cushion your fall, but it was designed to be hard and solid and not cushion anything. Thus, the rock is mean but it does exactly what it was created to do in praise to God.
Humans on the other hand, fall because the are not paying attention or distracted. They also may fall because they lose their balance doing something foolish. Granted the human could of be pushed down, and that would be the result of someone else's sin. But the human being was not created to fall down on rocks. He was created to walk on two feet.
The point the is that the rock praises God by being a rock. The fish praise God by being fish and doing what God designed them to do. Likewise, lions, tigers, and bears even though God did not design them to kill and eat flesh praise God by doing what God has called them to do. Humans on the other hand seem to think we praise God by song and crashing symbols. Why not praise God by being what God designed you to be.
Help your neighbor. If you are a symbol you should make noise. If you are a rock stay firm. Of you are a dancer dance. If you are a teacher teach. Praise the Lord by being who he has called you to be. Because he has created you, redeemed you, and given you breath to praise him.
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