It should cause every person that sees it to exclaim, “Praise God for His amazing creation!” And yet few that watch it will have that response, because few have bowed their hearts in submission to the Sovereign Lord of creation.ġ. How anyone can watch it and believe that it all happened by random chance is beyond me. Last week, Marla and I watched the Disney film, “Earth.” It has some spectacular photography of the earth and its creatures, from whales and great white sharks to land mammals to birds and insects. The message of Psalm 66 is:īoth corporately and individually we should make God’s praise glorious. His chosen people-Israel in that day and now the church-have the privilege and responsibility of spreading His praise to every corner of the earth.
Therefore, all the earth should praise Him. Although at this point in history, God was especially the God of Israel, He is at all times the Sovereign Creator and Lord of all the earth. Psalm 66 is the second of four psalms that all call upon the whole earth to praise God (Ps. But it’s only speculation to say that this was the situation, since the psalm does not say so. The second half (66:13-20) is individual, where the psalmist praises God for some personal answer to prayer. These two events are reflected in the two halves of the psalm: Verses 1-12 have a corporate focus and mention a time of severe trial, when God refined His people (66:10-12). 478-479 thinks that King Hezekiah wrote it after God delivered Israel from Sennacherib’s invasion and then delivered Hezekiah from an early death.
We don’t know the author or the historical situation behind this praise psalm.
The question is: To what extent did those verses describe your life this past week? Don’t answer out loud, but on a scale of 1-10, would you rate a ten? Seven? Five? Three? Zero? If your score is somewhere in the bottom half of the scale, then you definitely need to hear this message! If it’s a nine or ten, maybe you should be preaching it! I confess that I’ve got a lot of room to improve in keeping the command of verse 2, “Make His praise glorious.” I begin this message with the words that traumatize every college student: “We’re going to have a pop quiz!” For this quiz, please listen carefully as I read Psalm 66:1-4 and then I’m going to ask you a question:īecause of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You.
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