Shalom,


Psalm 113 is another Hallelujah Psalm! Verses 1-3:


1 PRAISE THE LORD! (Hallelujah!) Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the LORD, praise the Name of the LORD. 2 Blessed be the Name of the LORD from this time forth and forever. 3 From the rising of the sun to the going down of it and from east to west, the Name of the LORD is to be praised!


When we consider that somewhere in the world it is sunrise, even when it is sunset somewhere else, then we realize that His name is to be praised ALL the time and FOREVER! There should never be a moment on this earth that the LORD is not hearing His Name being praised, by His people! DON'T let a rock or a stone bump YOU from your spot in this (Luke 19:40)! Verses 4-8 reveal what He has done for us by His death, burial and resurrection!


4 The LORD is high above all nations, and His glory above the heavens! 5 Who is like the LORD our God, Who has His seat on high, 6 Who humbles Himself to regard the heavens and the earth! 7 [The LORD] raises the poor out of the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap and the dung hill, 8 That He may seat them with princes, even the princes of His people.


WHO is like our God? There is NONE! He IS the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible. The God of all creation! The God of our Salvation! All other so-called gods pale in any comparison to HIM! The poor who are spoken of in these verses are not just the financially poor and destitute, but ALL who are without God in this world! He paid the price for our ransom, ONCE for ALL, and lifted us out of the kingdom of darkness! THAT is the GOOD NEWS! Is there ANY reason someone would not receive Jesus of Nazareth as Lord and personal Saviour, when the Gospel is presented in that light? Keep preaching the Gospel! That is one way to bring glory to His Name! 


1 Corinthians 1 has Paul addressing the church at Corinth about the divisions that were being caused  in the Body by those who were aligning themselves with certain ministers, rather than being in unity in their faith in Jesus of Nazareth! Sometimes the Church today gets caught up in the differences of doctrine and forget the ONE important Truth - "Jesus Christ, and Him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2)!   The important thing to Paul, AND to us, is found in 1 Corinthians 1:17:


17 For Christ (the Messiah) sent me out not to baptize but [to evangelize by] preaching the glad tidings (the Gospel), and that not with verbal eloquence, lest the cross of Christ should be deprived of force and emptied of its power and rendered vain (fruitless, void of value, and of no effect).


So very many well-intentioned believers have gone to some form of Seminary or Bible School and been taught all of the proper ways of speaking, when what the One, True God wanted was for them to represent HIM to the world in power! What should they have done? They should have followed Paul in getting too KNOW HIM (Philippians 3)! In the process of knowing Him, they would have come to know and understand the power! Verse 18:


18 For the story and message of the cross is sheer absurdity and folly to those who are perishing and on their way to perdition, but to those who are being saved it is the [manifestation of] the power of God.


So let's get to know Him, through His Word, so that we can more accurately represent Him to the world. And then obey verse 31:


31 So then, as it is written, let him who boasts and proudly rejoices and glories, boast and proudly rejoice and glory in the Lord.


Here is Hillsong's "Across The Earth":

In Deuteronomy 31-32 we see Moses getting ready to leave the people of Israel in the hands of Joshua. Just in case any of you "mature" saints are thinking of retiring from the "work of the Lord", we have Moses telling us that he can no longer "go out and come in", at 120! Are any of you even close too that age? Then God still has MUCH work for you to do for the Kingdom! Moses didn't even begin until he was 80! How old are you? Not too many 80 year olds I imagine, so you haven't even started yet! What YOU need is a good dose of Isaiah 40:31:


31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.


You can also use a little Psalm 103:5, where you remember the LORD and ALL of His benefits, including this:


5 Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle's [strong, overcoming, soaring]!


Are you ready for this? YES, you are - IN HIM! AMEN!


Shalom in Him!