Unending Praise for God Our Savior

Meditations on Christ in the Psalms

March 6, 2023

Unending Praise for God Our Savior

Praise the Lord!

Sing to the Lord a new song.

    Sing his praises in the assembly of the faithful.

Psalm 149:1

Psalm 149 is two dimensional, in that it is encouragement today for our worship of God, and our witness for Christ to the world. Our sword is not literal; our sword is the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. (Ephesians 6:17) In Revelation 19, the Apostle John teaches us that the Christian witness for God in times of persecution is the most powerful witness for God in the world. The faithfulness of God’s people in standing firm on the Word of God is crucial to the defeat of the forces of evil. Ultimately, Jesus has the final victory over evil, and that leads us to the second dimension.

In Revelation 21, we get a glimpse of what it will be like when the persecution of God’s people has ended. With the ultimate and final defeat of evil, God’s people will be completely unrestrained in worship. Worship will not be confined to times and places; worship will be a state of being as God is worshiped through everything that a person does, wherever they may be.

The followers of Christ have been commissioned to speak God’s Word and God’s truth into this present darkness. We remain diligent in our responsibility to honor God as we wait for Christ to come in final victory. One thing these two eras have in common is our unending praise for God our Savior.

My Takeaway: Again, what else is there to say but,

Praise the Lord!

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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