Day 7

“They shall abundantly utter the memory of your great goodness, and shall sing of your righteousness.” Verse 7

Abundant.:  Insanely full and huge.  Bubbling and boiling over.  It is intense and
beyond comprehension.  

Gushing with force like the Old Faithful Geyser and the fiery explosion of Mt. Vesuvius all at the same time!   God’s greatness is intense. 

Our praise therefore must be intense:  Fervent and flaming, vehement, zealous and affectionate.  Now that’s a list of vocabulary words!  

Our praise must be full of life and vigorous, and our hearts and tongues engaged in devoted, deliberate joyful praise.  Why?

What honor or worth is there in lifeless praise?  Is the “Man of the Year” honored if at the banquet his name is never mentioned?  Is he acknowledged if his accomplishments are never listed?  Ah, is he rewarded if everyone sits at table texting or net surfing on their cell phones while a brief and boring speech is given?

What honor is there if not a sound is uttered when that game winning touchdown is scored? Hah!  A roar of ecstatic appreciation and excitement enough to burst a blood vessel is the norm! High fives, hugs and shouts of joy result.   Newspaper headlines, 5, 6, 7 and 11 o’clock news reports. 

Interviews with players and coaches and endless reviews of the critical plays of the game.  Intensity, short-term.
God is intense, long-term and forever!   Our praises must aspire to measure up to the worthiness of that intensity, that abundance, that goodness.   We cannot exceed the Truth. Our praise can never be too “over the top”.

Let it pour out!  Let it gush and let it be fluent and fiery.  Pile it on.  Build it up, get lost in it, because lifeless praise is no praise at all.  


As you enter into exuberant, joyful praise you will find yourself at a loss.  The utterance of speech will fail.  But, the utterance of the fully engaged heart and spirit will abound.   Ask the Holy Spirit to speak audibly through you the praise of the King.  Open your mouth.  He will offer the praises of a thousand tongues!

Sing of His righteousness, His absolute holiness and perfection and judgment.  Singer that I am, I eagerly enter into songs declaring God’s goodness, mercy, forgiveness and love.  

The Cross of Christ, the mysterious means by which God has ministered both justice and mercy to poor sinners, is the gift we rejoice in, His righteousness for the forgiveness of sins.  Halleluia, O Holy God.  Praise to You, Lord Jesus Christ!     Make His praise glorious with this awesome song of worship today.