There are so many days that I get up and begin my day with a time of reading the Bible and praying. It is a habit and yet it is sometimes so "routine" that I forget what I am doing and why. I read through a few passages and make a few notes and sometimes write in my journal – those are some of the most meaningful times because I have to intentionally think about what I am writing – and then I pray…God thanks for …Help me with…Help so and so… Bless the missionaries… I know, it is not always that routine or mundane and it is normally very specific rather than vague generalities but some days it sounds so repetitive and, yes, selfish.
Psalm 138 – whoa… no attention on me here! In fact – the focus is all on praising God! how? "with all my heart". I realize that there are so many times that I do not praise Him enough but even when I do – I am not doing it with ALL my heart (usually) because of the other distractions that go on. This Psalm teaches me to focus my attention on praising Him and being a testimony before others about Him.
Bowing down – is my heart submitted to my heart's Creator?
Do I exalt the name and word of God above all other things?
God deserves our praise and worship. God does not NEED it but He is the only one WORTHY of it. When we praise Him, when we submit to Him, when we acknowledge Him before all men, when we call out to Him because we know that He is all we need and He is the only supplier of that which we need…then we find ourselves being under His care, protection, His salvation.
Verse 8 – "The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever, do not abandon the works of your hands."
I will praise you because that is all I really can do.
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