6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! (Psalm 150:6)
“You need to get out of Psalms” my friend said as I lamented on life. For those who know me as my friend does, my natural Ecclesiastes style frustration with life is ever present. My natural inclination can be melancholy if I’m not diligent. For many of this personality, the Psalms bring a sense of comfort. Bouncing back and forth between praise and agony, the Psalmist seems to “get us”. Just as the author of Ecclesiastes understands the absurdity of life and work, the Psalms understand that to simply rejoice is an ability fought for not inherited.
The natural calling of our heart is to worship, however the direction of our worship is always pronounced to the undeserving over our creator. Never forget your immediate praising humanity. Psalm 150:6 can be frustrating if we don’t keep this in mind. For many, it is a call to put on a facade and play “church”. This is not what it is saying. As both human and adopted children of our creator, we must embrace our frustrations and allow them to show. Yet, what this Psalm urges for is more transparency of character and connection with our Father. We rejoice because now, through Christ, we have reason to. We choose to rejoice even when the weight of life is cruel. Sometimes this looks like a gentle call to heaven, and sometimes it looks like a whisper through clenched teeth.
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