Psalm 148:12

Psalm 148:12

All people should praise the Lord!

The call to “Praise the Lord” now goes out to every man, woman and child on the planet. We are all encouraged to bring our offerings of praise and to offer them gladly, to our Creator, to the One who is in control of our individual and corporate fates, who made us and who regulates the day we will be born and the day we will leave planet earth.

There is only one kind of person who will fulfil this requirement, it is the one who acknowledges and believes that there is only one, true God; that YAHWEH of the Bible is the supreme Being in the universe and therefore is the only God who is worthy of our praise and obeisance. That belief surpasses the requirements of religions and faiths around the world, it is fundamental to the security and longevity of mankind, without this God and our allegiance to Him, the human race has no chance of survival and will collapse upon itself and eventually be destroyed. Only this God can save us, only He has the right to demand our allegiance, only He has the power to redeem our broken world and to restore some kind of order. That is why He came in human form and showed us how our sins of unbelief, neglect and disobedience can be forgiven. What are His three principle commands for mankind? -

1.     “You shall have no other gods before me.”

2.     You shall not make for yourself an image of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down and worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God …....”

3.     You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.”  Exodus 20:1-7

 

As I write this it is January 1st 2026, I call upon all who read these words to praise the Lord and to praise Him alone. Let’s give Him the honour He is due, let’s find time to do this today! 

 

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