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A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the Lord (YHWH) with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders.
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David had ended the previous psalm by saying, ‘O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!’ {Ps.8:9} He was truly a man of praise, extolling the glory of God—just as we are called to do!

We have been chosen and ordained to proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called us out of darkness and into His marvelous light! {1Pt.2:9} That is the very thing that Satan, the god of this world {2Cor.4:4} , will do everything in his power to try to prevent!



The Lord would then reveal through the prophet Isaiah that everyone He made and who is called by His name, was created for His glory. We were formed as a people to declare His praise. {Is.43:7,21} And now, we are that people—a people of praise—and I believe, as in everything else, we need to be trained by God to know and understand what that means. What is praise, and how do we do it?



The Lord said ‘I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go’ {Ps.32:8} and Jesus would later say, ‘Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me’. {Mat.11:29} So, “to the law and to the testimony! (the entire Word of God) If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.” {Is.8:20} That is the source of everything pertaining to life and godliness leading us to become partakers in His divine nature {2Pt.1:3-4} declaring His praise.



What is praise? It is simply proclaiming the love of God and the excellencies of Him who has called us out of darkness and into His marvelous light as I just mentioned. It is, as I said just a bit earlier, extolling the glory of God just as David, a man after God’s own heart did. And as a slight aside, the Word says that we are to give honor to whom honor is due. {Rom.13:7} For example, I will tell you that I will praise my wife, an excellent wife, thanks to the Lord my God who gave her to me. For details read Proverbs 31:10-28



How do we praise? Well, unfortunately, the ‘church’ seems set on convincing people that praise is all about singing a song with an upbeat message. And while that can be praise it is certainly not limited to that! It can be you sitting in a coffee shop and telling somebody about what the Lord has done in your life—and letting them know that God is no respecter of persons, “For there is no partiality with God.” {Rom.2:11} What He has done for you He will do for others if they will believe and receive.



I for one desire to be like David who said, “I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul will make its boast in the Lord.” {Ps.34:1-2} 



There is power in praise and there is power released when we tell others what He has done for us. That is called a testimony! Take a few moments and consider this great truth: Speaking about Satan, the accuser of the brethren, it is written that the faithful brothers and sisters ‘overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. {Rev.12:11}

Tell someone today about the glory of the Lord God Almighty and His Son Jesus the Christ — let the Holy Spirit lead your words! 



There is always reason to praise the Lord who is worthy of all praise. Here is one for today: 



“When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.” (Colossians 2:13-14)



GREAT IS THE LORD AND GREATLY TO BE PRAISED