Whole-Hearted Praise

“Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O LORD.  Lord, hear my voice: let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.  If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?  But there is forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be feared.” -Psalm 130:1-3 [KJV]

 

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ALL GLORY TO GOD

 

TUNE TO “THERE IS A FOUNTAIN”    CM/DOUBLE    

 WORDS BY JIM BYRD

 

All glory to the Father’s Name,

Who from our sinful race;

Chose out a people to proclaim,

The wonders of His grace.

All glory to the Son be made,

Who dwelt in human clay;

By His own blood our debt was paid,

And sin was washed away.

 

All glory to the Spirit give,

Who at the chosen hour;

In mercy calls to sinners “Live!”

How mighty is His pow’r.

All glory to the Trinity,

All thankfulness and praise;

Now and throughout eternity,

To everlasting days!


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WHOLE-HEARTED PRAISE

 

     “I will praise Thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto Thee” (Psalm 138:1).  To praise the Lord is to render glory and honor to the Name of our God.  It is to magnify the Lord for Who He is, in the trinity of His persons; it is to honor Him for all His marvelous attributes and for all that He does in His three great works.  Creation - He made everything by the word of His power.  Providence - He is directing all things to the end He has already appointed.  Salvation - Before He made the world, the Lord chose a people unto salvation, gave them to Christ their Surety Who came to live, die and be raised again so that God could justly declare them to be righteous.  At the appointed hour, the Spirit sends forth the Truth and quickens the Lord’s chosen ones, granting them repentance toward God and faith in Christ.  Consider three questions from our text.

 

1.  What was David’s determination?  “I will praise Thee.”  We have so much for which to praise the Lord.  We were blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.  Everything required for our salvation was purposed in old eternity.  How unspeakably glorious are the blessings of election, predestination, justification, adoption, redemption, reconciliation, regeneration, calling, sanctification, preservation and glorification.  And then there are the temporal mercies which, though not to be compared with the spiritual, are, nevertheless, daily tokens of the Lord’s faithfulness.  Resolve to do as the Psalmist - “I will praise Thee.”

 

2.  How was David determined to praise the Lord?  “With my whole heart.”  The Lord is worthy of whole-hearted praise.  Repentance, faith and worship must come from the heart.  “And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13).  Our Lord rebuked the scribes and Pharisees; “Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoureth Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me” (Matthew 15:7-8).  “God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24).  “My son, give Me thine heart” (Proverbs 23:26).

 

3.  Where was David determined to praise the Lord?  “Before the gods will I sing praise unto Thee.”  Israel was surrounded by nations filled with idolaters, worshipers of pagan gods, even as we are.  All around us are sincere and zealous people who are deceived by religious error.  In the midst of those who honor their worthless deities, resolve like David to worship the Lord from the heart and never compromise His truth.

 

-preacher Jim Byrd 

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