Psalm 119:175

Psalm 119:175 “Let me live that I may praise you, and may Your law sustain me.”
 

Let my life be a continual praise to You. David didn’t want to praise God once in a while. He wanted his life to be a praise unto God. He says, in essence, “Let me live for the purpose of praising You.” He goes on to say that he will gain his life through God’s law. “May Your laws sustain [life] me,” he cries. David knew the very life of God is contained within His law and that through praise, God is enthroned in his heart.
 

Through keeping God’s law, we find the life of God. When we practice righteousness, the very quality of God we display becomes a reality in our own lives. When we are kind to another person, kindness fills our very heart. When we are patient with another, patience fills us. When we are gentle with someone, gentleness fills us to overflowing. 

The very life, or presence, of God is released through our deeds of righteousness. These qualities are actually the fruit of the Spirit itself. They are the very essence of God Himself. Thus, His life, or qualities, sustain us or life us, as we obey His law. Not only does our obedience to God bring life to us, it brings the life of God to others as well.
 

Through keeping His law, our very lives become continual praise unto God. There is more than one way to praise unto God. We focus on the actual verbal praising of the Lord with our lips more than anything.
 

However, your very life can become a praise as we reveal God to others through righteousness. Certainly, we want to offer praise with our lips, but we can also praise God with our obedience. David said he wanted to live so that his whole life became a praise unto his God.
 

Take some time today to meditate on this verse. As you do, ask yourself how much of your life is a praise unto God.   

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