Psalm 108:3 “I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.”
All the psalms gives us a feeling of one on one communications. The Psalmist so often doesn’t just say, “I’m just doing this just between you and me,” which yes, there’s a sense in which, and we see this all throughout the Psalms, there’s just personal communion with God, a delight in praising Him, but it always comes back to extending His praise far beyond the Psalmist. The Psalmist is saying, “I’ll give thanks to You, oh Lord, among the peoples, among all the groups of people in the world. I will sing praises to you among the nations, among all the nations,” and that’s the thrust we see in scripture from cover to cover. God is worthy of praise. God is worthy of Thanksgiving. God is worthy of glory for His steadfast love, for His faithfulness, for His plan of salvation, not just in our lives, but among all the nations. And He commissioned us to make His glory known among the nations, to sing His praises among all the peoples. Don’t keep His blessings to yourself, spread it all over the world, let it be multiply 1000000K times more. Fill this world with His praises because He is worthy of all praises. Take step and remind yourself from the moment you wake up in a morning and realize how many things already happened in your life that is worthy of His praises. Take a step and share one single moment of praise with one person in person or virtually on your social media and let people receive the blessings and grow in Him.
Promise: “For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding “Yes!” And through Christ, our “Amen” (which means “Yes”) ascends to God for his glory.”
Prayer: Dear Lord Heavenly Father mighty wonderful God. Lord, we are blessed with Your great love which is higher than the heavens. All our days, Your faithfulness surrounds us; it reaches upward to the skies. Oh, Lord, you are our rock and redeemer to you we raise our praise and hymns. We give thanks for your grace and forgiveness. God, we do give thanks to you. We sing praises to you, and we want to give thanks to you, oh Lord, among the peoples. We want to sing your praises among the nations. And so we pray that you might open doors where these have closed. God, we pray for the spread of the gospel among the nations, all the more so right now, Oh God. In a scene where the world has stopped and made aware in deeper ways of the fragility of life and the inevitability of death, and God, we pray that you would awaken hearts to the urgency of eternity. And we pray that the gospel would be proclaimed, that your praises would be made known among the nations, your greatness, your grace, your love in Christ, the good news of what Jesus has done on the cross. God, we pray that this gospel would continue to spread, that you would give wisdom to churches, missions, organizations, to know how best to spread the gospel during these days.
God, please give them strength and boldness and protection and wisdom to know how best to thrive in the middle of his pandemic for the spread of your glory among the peoples they are around. Oh God, spend our lives, our churches, however you desire for your glory among the nations, and please don’t let this pandemic hinder your global purpose in the world. Make your praise known among the nations. Make the name of Jesus known among all the people, so we pray our father in heaven, hallowed be your name in all the earth. In Jesus’s Holy name I pray Amen.
Have a blessed day!