If there was ever a doubt whether or not we have been commanded to praise the name of the Lord our God, this song makes it clear that everyone, and every living and created thing should indeed praise His Name, doing so with the enthusiasm, joy, and confidence that only comes from intimate knowledge of our God. 

Of this psalm, C. H. Spurgeon notes, “It is a song of nature and of grace. As a flash of lightning flames through space and enwraps both heaven and earth in one vestment of glory, so does the adoration of the Lord in this Psalm light up all the universe and cause it to glow with a radiance of praise. The song begins in the heavens, sweeps downward to dragons and all deeps, and then ascends again, till the people near unto Jehovah take up the strain.” 

We pray you will set aside time today to ponder Psalm 148 and the related challenge to shepherd well, evaluating how often you truly acknowledge Who God is, what He has done in your life, and the gifts He has given you that has put you in a position of influence.