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*LET’S PRAISE THE LORD!*
*Preached**:*
*Text**:* Psalm 146:1-10
*Introduction**:* Every year, around February~/March, they have the Annual Academy Award ceremony in Hollywood.
During this event, all of Hollywood's glamour is in one place at one time!
• Many of the actresses and actors arrive at this event in their shiny, expensive, chauffeured limousines.
• Some of the actresses wear bracelets and necklaces that are worth millions.
• Others wear dresses covered in what appears to be diamonds that are worth millions
But I must confess; I have never watched the Academy Awards, and most likely never will.
There must be a lot of other people that feel the same as I do about this event, because it was reported on National News during 2005 that the American people are losing interest in watching this event each year.
Because the American people are getting smarter, they have come to understand that these overpaid “so called” celebrities in Hollywood don’t deserve the praise they get.
When you think about what they do, it makes sense not to get excited about them.
They make a living pretending to be something they are not!
They go through life acting and playing make believe.
And often there live are in utter dismay and delusion.
However there is a GOD in Heaven who need not pretend nor make believe, for He is who He says He is worthy of our praise and HE IS REAL!!!
Psalm 146 is one of the five Psalms that was probably written around the time Israel returned from their terrible time of bondage in Babylon.
This Psalm was written to commemorate the grace of God in bringing them back from the edge of extinction.
The Jews were so moved by what the Lord had done IN THEM and FOR THEM, that they couldn’t contain their PRAISE FOR HIM.
• They realized that they were back in their own land by the pure grace of God.
• They knew that they had been punished because they had worshiped other gods; and they knew they had been brought back home by the One true God.
They are praising God because of one reason:* *He Is Worthy!
Notice that the Psalm begins with, “Praise ye the LORD!”
Just as God by His marvelous grace delivered Israel, He has also delivered us, we who are saved, from the bondage of sin.
He has delivered us from an eternity of suffering in hell!
If these ancient people could praise the Lord for His grace in delivering them from bondage; how much more should God’s redeemed people praise Him, for bringing us out of the bondage of sin?
Today, I want to take a look at Psalm 146.
I want to try and show you from these verses:
• He’s worthy of our love
• He’s worthy of our devotion
• He’s worthy of our obedience
• He’s worthy of our praise
Let’s consider:
*I.
THE CHALLENGE TO PRAISE*
Verses 1-2, says, “Praise ye the LORD.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.
While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.”
Notice, in these verses we see the Psalmist in-
*A.
A CALL TO PRAISE*
His message to himself and others is to “Praise ye the Lord.”
Basically, this is what we do as we invite people to come to church.
We are inviting people to come and Praise the Lord with us.
One of the mistakes we make inviting people to attend church, is that we say to them, “Come to church with us,” when we should be saying:
• Come worship the Lord with us
• Come praise this wonderful God that has saved us from a Christ-less eternity
The Psalmist gives an INVITATION FOR EVERYONE TO PRAISE THE LORD!
*1**.*
I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE SPORTS WORLD.
*Illus**:* They have a chosen team and they are dedicated to that team.
• They go through life looking for an opportunity to recruit others to love the same team they do.
• They live their life just wishing everybody would love the same team they love.
• They want everyone to PRAISE THE TEAM they love.
*Illus**:* A family that loved the Chicago Bears was shopping one day before Christmas.
While in a sport shop, the son picks up a jersey of the Green Bay Packers and says to his sister "I've decided I'm going to be a PACKERS supporter and I'd like this jersey for Christmas!"
The sister is outraged at this and promptly whacks him on the head and says, "Go talk to your mother."
Off goes the little lad, with this PACKERS jersey in hand, and finds his mother.
"Mum", "Yes, son?" "I've decided I'm going to be a PACKERS FAN and I'd like this jersey for Christmas."
The mother is outraged at this and promptly whacks him on the head and says, "Go talk to your father."
Off he goes with the green jersey in hand and finds his father.
"Dad."
"Yes, son?" "I've decided I'm going to be a PACKERS FAN and I would like this jersey for Christmas."
The father is outraged at this and promptly whacks his son on the head and says, "No son of mine is ever going to be seen in THAT!"
About half an hour later, they are all back in the car heading home.
The father turns to the son and says, "Son, I hope you've learned an important lesson today."
The son turns to his father and says, "Yes, Father, I have".
Father says, "Good, son, and what is it?"
The son replies "I've only been an PACKERS FAN for an hour and already I hate you BEARS!!!
Those who live in the sports world are always trying to recruit others to like their team.
*Illus**:* Basically this is what cheerleaders do; they jump and yell, trying to motivate the spectators to PRAISE THE TEAM FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING!
I have come to the realization that we ought to all be cheerleaders for the Lord!
If the Lord is REAL AND WONDERFUL to us, we all need to ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE AND GET OTHERS TO PRAISE THIS WONDERFUL GOD THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW, LOVE AND SERVE!
Listen, one of the hardest things in this life to do is try and KEEP A SECRET ABOUT SOMETHING THAT THRILLS YOU!
*Illus**:* That is like some of these grandparents; they are convinced their grand kids are the best thing since sliced bread, and they want to share their photos with everyone they come in contact with.
When Christ becomes REAL AND PRECIOUS TO US, we ought to want everyone to love Him like we do!
We see A CALL TO PRAISE, and also, we see -
*B.
A COMMITMENT TO PRAISE *
The writer goes on to tell us that His praise will know no boundaries and no limits.
Verse 2, says, “While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.”
He is making A COMMITMENT TO PRAISE!
There are some folks who put on their religious garb as they enter the church, and they are constantly praising the Lord the whole time they are here.
But when they leave the church house, they remove their religious garb and they never praise the Lord again until the next time they come to church.
Our praise for the Lord should know no boundaries.
We should be committed to praising the Lord EVERY DAY and EVERYWHERE we go!
The biggest problem with us is we don’t talk enough about Jesus!
That why our lives are so hell ridden, we don’t praise Him enough!
When life is smooth you ought to Praise Him!
When life gets tough you ought to praise Him!
There are some things you gotta just praise your way out of! Praise will break down barriers…(Paul and Silas, Jericho, Hebrew boys)
The Psalmist said that as long as breath filled his lungs, he would praise the Lord.
let’s also consider-
*II.
THE CAUTION OF PRAISE*
In verses 3-4, the writer says, “Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.”
*A.
MAN IS A POWERLESS CREATURE*
The psalmist cautions us against making any man the object of our praise.
We are told that man lacks the ability to “help” us in eternal things.
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