Psalms 135

Psalms 135THEME: Praise the LordWe leave the pilgrim psalms now and come to songs of praise. This is a hallelujah psalm. It begins with “Praise ye the LORD,” and it ends with “Praise ye the LORD.” This psalm is in a parentheses of “Hallelujahs.” In it Israel praises God for the deliverance of the past. It is a great call to praise God.

Psalms 135:1

We do not say enough that God is good. My friend, have you told anyone today that God is good? Oh, He is good! This is a call to praise Him.

Psalms 135:6

It is God who makes the weather. The weatherman does not make the weather, and the proof is that he does not always give us the correct report. He is not in touch with headquarters. He is in touch with a lot of scientific gadgets, and every now and then he comes up with an educated guess; but God makes the weather. He is the Creator. Not only does He make the weather, but He runs the universe as it pleases Him.

Maybe you don’t like it; if you don’t, why don’t you move out? Why don’t you go to another universe or start one of your own and run it your way? This is God’s universe, and if you are not satisfied with it, I suggest that somehow you become reconciled to it and accept the Creator because He is also the Redeemer of man today. We have many questions that God has not answered. And frankly, my friend, God does not have to answer our questions. He asks us to trust Him and live a life of faith. The psalmist compares the living God with idols.

Psalms 135:15

My friend, you are going to be like your god. What do you worship? You worship something. It could be gold or silver; it doesn’t have to be in the shape of an image or an idol either. Many people today worship gold and silver. That is covetousness and modern idolatry. Whatever your god isif it is not the living and true Godhe may have a mouth, but he cannot speak. He may have ears, but he cannot hear you. Only the living God can hear you. Because you will become like your god, it is a good idea to worship the true God. We ought to bless His name.

Psalms 135:21

He is worthy to be praised. This is a tremendous psalm!