Psalm 67:3-4. “Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon the earth. Selah.”
WORLDWIDE PRAISE. In this temperate place where I’m allowed to live, It should be easier for people to praise God for all He gives. But strangely, people here take all these blessings for granted – Not offering as much praise as those on other parts of the planet.
Those in the cold north praise when seeing Aura Borealis – When they get food from the cold sea, it’s almost like wine from a chalice. When God gives them survival from danger, they don’t hesitate to tell us – And when the Gospel is presented, they learn to give praise to Jesus.
In the humid heat of the jungles where spiritual darkness is – The Gospel light shines through in simple words like this: All have sinned; sin finds you out; Christ alone has paid sin’s price. Then from those gathered, thanks and praise begin to rise.
To heated deserts where people are dying from hunger – God sends His servants so these people who no longer Remain unknowing in the darkness of sinful night – And praises begin to rise to God who has revealed His light.
Many have, to idolatrous chains for a lifetime, been bound. Then, finally, in some way, they hear the Gospel sound. The captives are freed, liberty spiritual prisoners now have
Praise rises to God, who in grace is mighty to save.
Voices all over the earth, twenty-four hours a day, Raise their voices in thanks and offer to God their praise – He is worthy of all who, around the world unitedly bring To Him praises now and forever His praises they’ll sing.
This morning, Father God, I praise Thee for the grace and mercy shown to me. I thank Thee for allowing me to have a Bible through which Thou hast revealed the Person of Christ and the way of salvation. The Gospel being preached and the message of salvation being received by many is cause for great praise to arise to Thee from all over this world – and I “praise Thee here, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”