Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord

"Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary;
praise Him in His mighty heaven! 2Praise Him for His mighty works; praise His unequaled greatness! 3Praise Him with a blast of the ram’s horn; praise Him with the lyre and harp! 4Praise Him with the tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flutes! 5Praise Him with a clash of cymbals; praise Him with loud clanging cymbals. 6Let everything that breathes sing praises to the LORD!   Praise the LORD!"   Psalm 150  NLT

This is the type of praise and worship that Jesus likes, in fact He loves it. Just imagine if you were to do this in everything you do. Let's look at a few:

Getting up for work on these cold mornings. Realising that you have run out of milk, so it's a dash down to the shop, if you have time, to get this. Cleaning the ice and frost from the windscreen and side windows of your car. Driving down the road with the windows steaming up because of your breath and the change of temperature of you opening and closing the door, On reaching the shop, the delivery of milk has not yet arrived because of the state of the roads. Dashing home and finding someone else has stolen your parking space. These are just the start of your day, are you praising Him yet? 

Eventually, late for work, you drive off and immediately find you are stuck in traffic. There is a gritting lorry up front and, believe it or not, he is stuck on the ice. Fifteen minutes later, you are back on your way, only to find that the roads are grid-locked further on, and the police are advising you return home until the weather is clearer, later on. Are you praising Him yet?

You get home to a joyous welcome, 'The schools are closed, yippee.' shout the kids. At least they have something to praise the Lord for, you think. While the kids settle down to watch the Children's TV Channels, you sit down to try and read your bible and daily commentary. The heading states in bold capitols: LET EVERYTHING THAT HAS BREATH, PRAISE THE LORD. After what you have been through this cold and blustery morning, you feel that you should comment but, you are a good Christian and bite your lips, forgetting that God can read your mind anyway.

So you decide to do what the scripture is saying; you haven't a ram's horn (not many people have), you also lack a lyre and a harp. But, you do have two cymbals. You race up the stairs, grab them from your office and shoot back downstairs again. CRASH go the cymbals which startles the dog who goes around barking his head off and, your wife, who was in the shower practically slides down the stairs to find what has happened. 'What are you doing?' she shouts above the noise. You tell her that God has told you to praise Him with cymbals and whatever else you can get hold of. She just looks at you as if you're an alien.

I know this all seems like it is out of a sitcom, but my point is, whatever happens throughout our day, there is a need to praise Him. Try praising Him in the shower; driving your car; when you're in the supermarket (minus the cymbals though) in traffic jams or whatever else you may find your self doing - good or bad.

You will really change the atmosphere and this will make you feel so good. 👀 

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now:

Lord Jesus, I have sinned   

I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today.

In Jesus' Name. Amen'

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