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. 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. 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. The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. The LORD will reign forever, your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD! (Psalm 146 ESV)
I will praise the Lord as long as I live and in Him alone will I place my trust. I will not trust in powers or principalities, or anything other than the one who created me and knit me together in my mothers womb, who has a plan for me to do good.
You see the psalmist here tells us that God is in control. The picture he paints is one of us playing in the hand of God, that everything is in His control. He has control over the prisoners, and can set us free. The Lord gives us sight to see things we would never be able to apart from Him. The Lord lifts up those who are weighted down by struggles of this life. Those who are held low by those around them or society keeping them from their full potential, God lifts them up gives them eyes to see how He sees them and sets them free from the bondage that holds them!
The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. He looks over those who are wandering, those who have no home or place to be. Those who have no way to take care of themselves, or those without someone to watch over them. But the wicked will be brought to ruin. Those who look out for themselves, and do not think of others…
So is your life in His hand? Do you rest in the hand of your creator and praise Him everyday?
Even in the darkest valley in the hand of God we have reason to praise Him every hour, every minute, every second!
Give God the praise and rest in His hand!
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