"O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. (35.) And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise." 1 Chronicles 16:34 -35
As children of the most high God we are indeed more blessed that any other of God’s creation. God chose out of the kindness and mercy of His own heart to save a remnant of His earthly creation and then He chose to call them not only blessed but also His own sons. God could have elected angels or others of his creation but He did not, He chose me and all others that are called believers in Jesus Christ. God has walked us through life and taken care of our ever need, led us to the well of living water, and caused us to drink even when we did not want too. Oh, we will not understand until we are with the most high just how blessed we truly are.
The writer (under the inspiration of the highest God) has told us to praise God, not only for the kindness He has shown us in salvation, but also for what He is going to do for us tomorrow and every day for all eternity. God has promised to deliver us from those that despise and hate us for being His. God does so many things for us we can never in this life ever count our blessings! God sent His own Son in the man Christ Jesus, one that never knew sin, one that could never ever sin, in the likeness of sinful flesh to give His precious life and to take my sins to the cross with Him. To shed His blood to bring me into the state of being white as snow. How precious has our God been to us!
Praise God! This is the conclusion of God word to us, praise Him, and His blessed loving name above all other names. Oh how we sometimes if not most times fail in our praise to God. We can praise man over and over again but the God of grace, love, and mercy we often cannot find time to praise. We cannot find time for church and the worship of God and His beloved Son Jesus Christ. Worship of God is found in the Lords churches, and it is here where we are closest to God. I know that many will disagree and most certainly those that fail to attend church will disagree, but there is no other place where true worship is found. Jesus told the woman at the well "Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." John 4:20 Why the mountain and Jerusalem? It is because the mountain top is here Jesus assembled the first church in Mathew 5 and Jerusalem is where the first church settled. What Jesus was saying is that it is in the churches where true worship is found. It is there where true praise is found. While many try to explain to me just how God can be praised and worshiped any where or any time (and this is so true), worship is most honorable in the Lords churches. People that God has so graciously given salvation refuse to worship in the proper place of praise on earth, the Lord church. They are disappointed, their feeling were hurt, they work, they only have one day off a week, they may not be happy with the strictness of the church, whatever the reason for not attending church it is a most wrong excuse. God is to be praised, and people that fail to worship in a proper church service is not praising God to the fullest. Jesus created the church as an institution of praise to God. It is not a place for man to get praise but God. I will leave you with this thought; Philippians 3:2 - 3 "Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. (3.) For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.”
