PRAISE HIM IN HIS SANCTUARY

Psalm 150:1 is a call to praise the Lord in His sanctuary and in the firmament of His power. The psalmist is calling us to express the excellence, beauty, and greatness of the true God and no one else. The takeaway: Above all and above all things, praise the Lord!

In this psalm, we are given five reasons to praise God:

1. Praise God because of who He is.

2. Praise God because of where He is.

3. Praise God because He acts in history.

4. Praise God with instruments.

5. Praise God with your voice.

The purpose of worshipping Him in the sanctuary is to declare that God is worth our worship. Man is not meant to be worshipped, but God is because He is unique above us. Heaven is not just up. Heaven is bigger than Earth. We live in a universe of God’s making. But God lives beyond the universe. He lives beyond. As a result, he knows more and is more powerful than we are.

Praising the Lord is not some kind of casual, meaningless activity. There is power in praise. Psalm 150 ends the Psalter with a call to praise. The word praise is repeated thirteen times in six verses.

What a good thing that today is another Sunday. Let therefore go His sanctuary and praise Him.