So here we have it. The dead are unable to praise God? Why? Because our God lives! The scripture states in Psalm 150:6 let everything that has breath praise The Lord! Now this can be taken two ways. See everyone can praise God, but not everyone will praise God. Because of God we all function which is stated in Acts 17:28. We know that we ALL have something to praise God for one way or another. Now, the deadness comes into play because not all have an understanding of how to praise God or when to praise God. We are unable to do something without instruction nor are we able to talk to someone sincerely when we do not know them.
I'm going somewhere just hold tight. When God says let everything that has breath praise The Lord, to me it goes back to the scripture it is His Will that none be lost in 2 Peter 3:9. Since God is so gracious and kind enough to see after all mankind despite our wickedness and disobedience, then yes ALL with breath SHOULD praise Him. However, God knows that many of us will not offer up praise because of various reasons. There are some who have not yet believed which can hinder their praise. There are people who praise science, Buddha, Muhammad, themselves, Beyoncé, etc which correlates with being dead because Jesus is LIFE. Without true knowledge of Jesus and submission to God we are dead spiritually. Then we have the dead praise saints give. Yes, us saints. The deadness of our current situation can hinder our praise. We should not allow what we are going through or what others do to us cause us to be dead in regard of giving God His due praise. For it is written, let the redeemed of The Lord say so!
So when should we praise God? There is never a bad time to give God praise. He is WORTHY of it all. The Wonderful Creator Who formed the land and the seas. The Precise Potter Who also formed you and me! Do not allow your situations to silence your thankfulness to God because that's all praise really is. We are vocally thanking God with words of affirmation and gratitude. It's #THANKFULTHURSDAY!! You are alive! The only people praising God are His people on earth and His angels in Heaven! Why? Because we are alive! The spirituality dead and eternally dead are unable to praise God, but we are and we should take advantage of that! So praise Him! Show that you're thankful by living for Him and choosing right over wrong. Don't just vocally thank Him; thank Him with your life. Someone can get saved off your praise, testimony, your daily demonstration of how majestic God is in your life.
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