Psalm 146:2

Psalm 146:2

I will praise the Lord all my life!

If we have been or are truly in love, and we have a husband or wife or dear friend who we adore, we may well have committed to always love them. “As long as I live, I will love you!” I can say that with some feeling to my wife and I mean it with all my heart. Such vows of commitment are not so common nowadays, people fall in and out of relationships very easily and long-term commitments and faithfulness are less common. 

Have we applied long-term valuations to our relationship with our God? The writer of this Psalm is certainly doing so, He vows to praise the Lord as long as He lives. This is not a commitment that we can take lightly, when we make vows unto the Lord of heaven and earth, He expects us to honour them. Sorry to burst any bubbles but how do we know the way our circumstances will pan out? Do we know How where faith and experience will take us in the years to come? What if we become depressed and anxious in old age and find it hard to see positives even in our relationship with the Lord? 

It is easy to identify the problems but never-the-less I believe that our heavenly Father still loves declarations of intent, in fact He will work with us to ensure that we keep to our words! Maybe the best advice we can take from all of our journey through the Psalms is simply to “keep praising.” If that became the sole aim and goal of our spiritual lives, would it be such a bad thing? There would be less depression and moodiness and negative thinking for a start. I encourage us all to make this one of life’s long-term goals, let’s speak it out (or sing it out)  today, “I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.”

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