“I will praise You forever for what You have done.” (Psalm
52:9)
God is worthy
of our praise because of who He is. We praise
Him because His presence inspires awe in us. His majesty, His holiness, His sovereignty, righteousness,
grace, mercy, love, power and glory overwhelm us and bring for instantaneous and
spontaneous praise, much like light produces instantaneous sight.
We also praise
God for what He has done. In Psalm 52 the
writer celebrates God’s judgment on the arrogant who love evil instead of good and
even boast of their evil. He also rejoices
in the fact of God’s blessings on those who plant their lives in His presence. Thus he says, “I will praise You forever for what
You have done.”
This takes us
to a gripping truth: Who God is produces
what God does. His actions are the expression
of His “Personhood,” for lack of a better term. What He has done thus takes us to
who He is and brings forth praise.
Let these thoughts
take you now to the cross of Jesus. There
we see what God has done. As horrible and
heart-rending as that image in our minds may be, we also look beyond to His majesty,
holiness, sovereignty, righteousness, grace, mercy, love, power and glory. We think of the cross, and we then bow in praise.
And we give thanks.
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