“Great
is the Lord and most worthy of praise; His greatness no
one can fathom.”—Psalm 145:3
One Day, there will be the greatest “Hymn Sing” of all hymn
sings, when individual shout-outs from beautiful, countless multitudes will
request their favorite:
“Psalm 23, what else?!”
“Psalm 84, because Your
dwelling place is indeed more beautiful than words!”
“Psalm 119! …Hey, why not?
We’ve got the time, and this is definitely the place!” [heavenly crickets]
“OK
then, how about Psalm 117!?”
And while aliens just passing through this dry and weary
land, here are three good reasons why Psalm 145 might be one of the most
requested numbers in that great hymn-fest on the streets of gold:
Because we can’t remember what we had for lunch three hours
ago, or why we just walked down the hall into that room to get, um, well… this
song shouts the one theme we may need more than any other in this Walk:
“Remember! Remember!....the LORD is
trustworthy in all His promises and faithful in all He does!”
Because it is too easy to try to do this Walk solo, to the
tune of “I’ve Got This”….this song shouts instead “one generation commends Your works to another”—yes, even, that the
younger can sometimes say the most encouraging things to the older without even
realizing it, and put a much-needed “keep going!” spring of Hope in their
step.
Because in a special effects-filled, noisy,
bigger-and-better(?)-and-bigger-still world, where the mind and heart can’t help
but become numb to true awesomeness….this song shouts reminders that our God and
Savior is so far above all of that we see and think, that it sometimes takes a
wonderfully crazy combination of ultimate words to come close to expressing our
praise. Word combos like “glorious splendor.”
Who knows what that is, exactly, but it sure sounds like the psalmist has thrown down
a fantastic special-effects trump card.
Lord, each day until that Day, lead
us not into small words and small-minded thoughts of who You are, but help us more
and more to “Remember! Remember!” Your faithfulness and unfailing love with the
highest, abandoned praise and deepest, humble reverence. And never let us
forget that some of the most encouraging, just-in-time words You speak to us
on this journey may come from the most unlikely of places—even out of the mouth of a child.
“Everyday I will praise
For You open Your
hand
And satisfy the
desires of all things
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