The Right Time To Praise God
The Right Time to Praise God: Here’s The Answer!
When is the right time to praise God?
Is it on Sunday?
How about Wednesdays?
Final answer?
It’s always the right time to praise God.
For instance, if you’re thinking about Him during your lunch hour, make sure you have your pocket Bible on hand. You never know when someone may see you and ask questions about your faith. This isn’t an evangelism trick, it’s having your own time with God, but being open to opportunities to share your beliefs.
The dictionary describes “reverence” as meaning “honor or respect felt or shown: DEFERENCE especially: profound adoring awed respect. – Merriam-Webster dictionary definition.1
Let’s take the definition even further.
It means to:
Cherish
Esteem
Treasure
and
Love
Him.
For The Lord is Holy
Psalm 97 affirms our Father’s Majesty and the reason for our praise:
For You are Lord Most High over all the earth.
You are exalted afar above all gods.– Psalm 97:9, (NASB).2
He is our Sustainer and Provider.
The one and only God of Creation.
Someday, He will come to judge the earth and, praise the Lord, He will set things right.
Lord of Lords, and King of Kings.
Most notably, while we reap the many blessings of His grace and cherish our personal relationship with our Savior, may we never lose sight of His holiness.
There is no one like Him.
To put it another way, no wooden statue is worthy of our praise.
Like the above verse says, let’s show gratitude and awe.
. . . that “awe” is due, in part, to the fact that our God is the same God who revealed Himself and His law to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. He is indeed a devouring fire, and we should be humbled by the fact that it was grace that brought about the sprinkling of our Lord’s blood so that we could draw near to God in worship. – Bob Deffinbaugh, pastor and bible study teacher.5
Our Refuge and Fortress
A long time ago an anonymous Christian poet sat down to write the following words of praise to our Heavenly Father.
God bless him or her for their faithfulness and recognition of His majesty.
I’m excited to share it here.
We Praise You, O God
We praise you, O God, our Redeemer, Creator;
In grateful devotion our tribute we bring.
We lay it before you, we kneel and adore you;
We bless your holy name, glad praises we sing.
We worship you, God of our fathers, we bless you;
Through trial and tempest our guide you have been.
When perils over take us, you will not forsake us,
And with your help, O Lord, our struggles we win.
With voices united our praises we offer
And gladly our songs of thanksgiving we raise.
With you, Lord, beside us, your strong arm will guide us.
To you, our great Redeemer, forever be praise!
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1Reverence definition. Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, 2021.Web. 28 October 2021. Retrieved from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverence.
2Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
3Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
4Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation.
5Bob Deffinbaugh quotation is courtesy of bible.org. from “An Unshakable Kingdom (Hebrews 12:18-29)” n.d. 2009. Web. Accessed October 25 19, 2021. Retrieved from https://bible.org/seriespage/32-unshakable-kingdom-hebrews-1218-29
