Thoughts on Psalm 147

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Verse: Psalm 147:1-11
Praise the Lord, how good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! The Lord builds up Jerusalem he gathers the exiles of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of stars and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp. He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call. His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man; the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love

Thoughts:
This verse is one of those really cool verses for people like us who are involved in worship and public praise. David wrote some awesome things for the Jews back in the day huh! Well I wanted us to take just a few minutes and reflect on this verse. Especially the last part "His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of a man; the Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love." In our day everyone with any type of ability is praised for what they can do, which isn't always a bad thing. Specifically we glorify musicians and artists who do great work and write great music. We lift athletes up to a greater level than anyone else. This isn't always a terrible thing, in culture. But as Christians, in our lives, in our church, we are called to a different evaluation. God LOVES that we can play the guitar, that we can play drums, run 10 miles, write a poem, and on and on. He really does. And you wanna know why? Because he gave us those gifts to use, and it makes Him happy that we can use them!

But we need to make sure that we are using them to show God our love, to give Him praise for what he has done! It is a blessing to me to know that I couldn't do anything without the holy and amazing love that he had for me. It is a blessing to me to know that without Him I am nothing. As we go through our week and as we use our gifts, I challenge you to know and remember that God's real delight, his real joy comes not in the "strength of a horse . . . in the legs of a man" but in those who use those gifts to show Him their love. His real delight is in the worship and hope that we put in Him!