THE PSALMS – A JOURNEY IN WORSHIP AND FAITH - January 9, 2015 - Day 146 - Psalm 146

How often we hear people say they are thankful. But for those who deny the existence of God to what or who do they thank for their very existence? In whom do they place their faith that the sun will even come up tomorrow? Christians, in whom or in what are you placing your trust in? Let us praise God today, for He is the giver of all good things. It is He who created us and He who sustains us. Psalm 146 begins the final series of Hallelujah Psalms which will bring the Book of Psalms to its conclusion. It is a lesson on who to trust and thus who to worship.

Psalm 146:1-2
Praise the LORD!Praise the LORD, O my soul! I will praise the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

I join the psalmist and commit the rest of my life to praising God; to thanking Jesus for my life and my salvation.

Psalm 146:3-4
Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.

Who do you trust? Do you trust your government? Do you trust your stocks? Do you trust your doctor? Can any of these people or things assure you complete success in what they offer? Men are just mortals and they have no control over life. Your money can burn up in a heartbeat. The so-called financial wizards have not one bit of control over what happens in life. Your doctor cannot heal you. Your psychologist just helps you cope. Jesus heals.

Psalm 146:5-8
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free; the LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous.

Jesus created this world by speaking His Word. He heals the same way. He upholds the universe. There is no man nor worldly system or religion that can save you in this life or the next.

Psalm 146:9
The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

We are not residents of this country or this world. We are sojourners and God watches over us.

Psalm 146:10
The LORD will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!

The only answer to every single problem of man is Jesus Christ. He made us and He can heal us. To those who humble themselves and fall before Him confessing their own weakness comes eternal life. Let us praise Him today and forevermore. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!