In Psalms, chapter one hundred and fifty, verse one, true praise will not be confined to the sanctuary, as in verses one, two, and six of this theme chapter. Believers can truly praise God only when we see His full greatness and goodness and recall and meditate on all that He has done in creation and redemption and our personal lives. In this way, praise becomes a powerful response of the heart expressing joy, gratitude, and the desire for communion with our Lord. In addition to praising God with our songs and instruments in the sanctuary, we can praise God with a life of love and joy, as in First John four, verse nineteen, with faith in Christ as in John one, verse seven, with victory over the power of Satan, as in Ephesians six, verses one through eighteen, with a spiritual hunger for His kingdom and His righteousness, as in Matthew six, verse thirty-three, with devotion to His Word, as in Psalms one hundred and nineteen. Continuing with the love of God poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, as in Romans five, verse five, with the proclamation of the gospel, as in Romans one, verse sixteen, and with the expectations of His imminent return, as in Titus two, verse thirteen.
The theme verse under Let Everything Praise the Lord section is “Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in His sanctuary: praise Him in the firmament of His power.” Believers are to praise Him anywhere or everywhere. For who is greater than or who is like Him? The activity of the Almighty God in verse two for His “mighty acts.”
God’s actions speak for the saints that He rescued. In Luke eighteen, verse twenty-seven, “And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”