Sing Praises!

by Rebekah Johnson

Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! Psalm 47:1

God deserves our applause, praise, and recognition more than any other creature no matter what their accomplishment.

Here's why:

• He is King over everything
• "For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth."
• "Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!"
• "For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!" 
• "God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne." Psalm 47:2,6-7
• "Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies." Psalm 68:34
• He has chosen us and has a specific plan -- "He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves." Psalm 47:4
• He protects and delivers -- "Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation." Psalm 68:5
• He is the Righteous Judge --  "God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land....But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways."  Psalm 68:6, 21
• He is our Salvation -- "Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation.Our God is a God of salvation, and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death. " Psalm 68:19-20

How GREAT is our God! Just skimming the surface of His worthiness should cause us to stand in awe with lifted hands and be filled with praise and honor to our Creator God.