‘I
will exalt You, O Lord’(Psalm 30:1). God is not exalted because we exalt Him. We exalt Him because He is exalted.: ‘He is exalted, for ever
exalted, and I will praise His Name’(Mission Praise,217). How do
we come to the point where we say, ‘I will exalt You, O Lord’? We
realize our need of Him - ‘when You hid Your face, I was dismayed’(Psalm
30:7). We look to Him for mercy - ‘To You, O Lord, I called; to the
Lord, I cried for mercy’(Psalm 30:8). God hears and answers our prayer -
‘You turned my wailing into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and
clothed me with joy’(Psalm 30:11). God calls us to worship Him - ‘Sing
praises to the Lord, O you His saints, and give thanks to His holy
Name’(Psalm 30:4). ‘The joy of the Lord’, His ‘unutterable and exalted
joy’, gives us ‘strength’(Nehemiah 8:10; 1 Peter 1:8). We worship God:
‘O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever’(Psalm 30:12).
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