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Psalm 150:1-6 – Praise the LORD, Praise the LORD in His sanctuary; Praise the LORD in His mighty firmament (His expanse). Praise Him for His mighty acts, Praise Him according to His excellent greatness! Praise Him with the “sound” of the trumpet; Praise Him with the lute and harp! Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals! Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. PRAISE THE LORD!

COMMENT: How often do you read this Psalm? If you are like me, hardly ever. It is not because the Psalm is not as worthy as the others and it is not because we are not able to find meditation and spiritual insight in the Psalm. Yet, the Psalm takes the back seat in our daily prayer and meditation because many, in days past have used the Psalm to apply false religious worship by separating the Psalm from a personal and daily relationship with our Creator God.
Many have used the Psalm to accommodate musical instruments as to be the only form of worship to glorify God in their daily or weekly services. I am not against musical instruments, but I am against the improper use of these as found in most churches throughout our country. The music, dancing and etc. of our Sunday morning worship services are not, I say! NOT honoring to God our Creator.
Verse 1 of this Psalm is all the proof that we need to see what I am seeking to say. The sanctuary as an example is not the small rooms in churches across this land on Sunday Mornings that focus on performance and repetitive noises that exalt the performers. The Psalm is to direct our attention to the Awesome Character of God. God’s Character is revealed in the “expanse of heaven” which is His Sanctuary, in this sanctuary we Praise the LORD.
What goes on in the sanctuaries of churches in our country today does not sanctify (make holy) the people, and it is not the Praise that God alone seeks; it is Jesus/Messiah (The Creator) who is the SAME, yesterday, today and forever, Hebrews 13:7-18 and 9:6-28, Christ/Messiah and His sacrifice, that is the message to be preached and praised to the glory of God.

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