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lap, shout, sing... in some way, form or fashion, we owe God
vocal, vigorous and visible praise. In the words of David, God is high,
terrible, great, sovereign, loving and holy. And, seeing that He is indeed
worthy of tremendous accolades of praise, we who are His creations should pay
Him what He deserves.
Notice now that in this psalm David said that we are to sing
praises "with understanding" -
that's significant (Psalm 47:7). It is
truly one of the most critical characteristics of our existence, the ability to
choose to love and worship and to do it not only volitionally, but with a clear
realization of what exactly we are doing or saying in our adoration. Ignorant praise is hardly praise at all...
it’s flattery. Our praise can (and
should) be intelligent praise for 2 reasons.
First, there is plenty of information available about who God is, so we
have no excuse for being ignorant of His person. Second, God is not like us (in that the more
we know about each other, the less we are impressed.) As we have already stated, God is actually
worthy of all praise. He is infinitely
worthy. So, knowing more will (or
should) naturally drive us to praise Him more.
Hence, intelligent praise is required.
In Luke 10:27 & 28 we find (among other things) that we
are to love God with our mind. He is
worth examination. We should indeed
research, evaluate, meditate on and discuss who God is and what He does. It is not just a beneficial exercise... it is
invaluable and expected. Sing praises
with understanding.
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