We all would like to think that we know where we are going and how to get there.

But at every stage in life, we need divine direction. God has promised to guide us if we simply follow.

The fifth and final section of Psalms are referred to as Deuteronomy Psalms because they

remind us to keep returning to the truth of God's Word.

Join us as we study them with Scott Pauli today.

Would you sit with me today in the palace with King David? Would you sit there in a throne room

looking out from the balcony overlooking the old city of Jerusalem? David is an aged man. He is

nearing the end of the journey and he's looking back on a very full and very eventful life. You know, in retrospect,

so many things seem clearer. What do they say? Hindsight is 20-20. When you get to the end and

you look back on the path, you see so many things you didn't see when you were walking those

actual steps. It is believed that Psalm 145 called David's Psalm

of Praise was written by David when he was old, reviewing his life, looking back on all the

goodness of God. Now it's 21 verses long. It is a fairly lengthy Psalm for us to read all of it, but we're going to. We're going to

walk through it. And as we walk through it, I just want to point out a few things to you that I hope

you won't wait to the end of your life to recognize. And there's something that David does in

Psalm 145. I hope you'll do every step on your journey now. What is it? Praise the Lord.

Verse one, he begins, I will extol thee, my God, O king, and I will bless thy name forever and ever.

Every day will I bless thee, and I will praise thy name forever and ever. So notice, first of all,

that his praise goes upward. That's where praise should always go. It should always go to God first and to God alone. Praise the name of

our great God. How good our Lord is. Would you just pause right now and praise God? Just breathe

a brief praise to the Lord and say to God thank you Jesus.

Thank you, Lord, for your faithfulness in my life.

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