It’s not about singing and dancing. It’s not only shouting and rejoicing; there is much more.
Praising God is a lifestyle, not an act. This is what God referred to as worshiping Him. It means not only to use your mouth to pray and hallow Him but to do this with your heart also. Yet many of us have failed to even do this!
Praising God requires you to use all that you have, sometimes going even beyond. As David urges the church in Psalms 150:3-6 NKJV:
Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;
Praise Him with the lute and harp!
Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals!
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord!
David, by mentioning all these instruments, was trying to show us that we can praise God in very many ways. From tithing as a sign of thanksgiving to helping a blind man cross the road and many other ways. There are over a thousand reasons for us to worship Him. So why not do it every time a chance presents itself?
This is done through doing good, living our lives in accordance with scripture, and refraining from things that do not align with the will of the Holy Spirit within us.
This is the greatest form of praise, the right way. This is the praise David spoke of—one that went beyond words and became a habit.
We know that habits form character, and character forms a lifestyle. And our lifestyle eventually becomes our life. The sort of life that is dead to the world and alive in Christ. The one Christ, Paul, and many other apostles talked about: praising the Lord.
