Everything that hath breath

"Praise ye the Lord, Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty act: praise him according to his excellent greatness." - Psalm 150:1-2

The other day I was driving home from work and my mind began to wander into the vast thought of God. Who he is, what He does, what He's done, what He will do. My mind quickly became flooded and overflowed with all these thoughts: He parted the Red Sea, He walked on water, He healed the lepers, He breathed life into a pile of dirt and He spoke creation into existence. He left his throne in Heaven, came to earth to live and die...for me.

My mind cannot comprehend all of the unexplainable things God has done but I can praise him for those things. I can praise him for the sunrise, for the sunset, for the stars and the trees, for the warm summer breezes and the cool refreshing rains.

He can be praised for not only creating me, but for loving me, providing for me, protecting me, teaching me, saving me and comforting me. He has given me a car, a job, a family, friends, a great pastor and church and ample opportunity to serve Him.

I do not desire to praise God just for what He has done but purely for who He is. The Bible says in Psalm 145:3 "Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised: and his greatness is unsearchable." He is worthy of praise soley for who he is and his greatness. I love that the Bible adds that His greatness, by the way, is unsearchable. You can search and search and search and never, ever reach the end of His greatness!

If He were to decide tomorrow to take away all He has given me and yet let me live - He is still worthy and deserving of my praise.

"Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord." - Psalm 150:6