Craig T. Owens

“My job is boring. It’s the same-old-same-old every single day. My coworkers are incompetent, and my boss is clueless.”

If you knew nothing else about the person who made that statement, I think you could still predict how they treated their job. Would you think this person values their job? Do you think they work hard? Do they treat their coworkers with respect? Probably not.

How about this one: “My car is a piece of junk. The mileage is lousy, the radio doesn’t work when the weather is cold, and it leaks when it rains.” Can you guess how this person treats their car?

Now flip it around: What about the one who is thankful for his job, or grateful for her car. Now how will he treat his job? his coworkers? her car?

What we praise, we treat with greater respect.

Look at the last of the 150 psalms in the Bible:

Praise the Lord!

   Praise God in His sanctuary;
      praise him in His mighty heaven!
   Praise Him for His mighty works;
      praise His unequaled greatness!
   Praise Him with a blast of the ram’s horn;
      praise Him with the lyre and harp!
   Praise Him with the tambourine and dancing;
      praise Him with strings and flutes!
   Praise Him with a clash of cymbals;
      praise Him with loud clanging cymbals.
   Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord!

   Praise the Lord!

Thirteen times in just six verses the psalmist says PRAISE. Because what we praise, we treat with greater respect, awe, reverence. The more you praise God, the more you will find to praise about Him. And the more you praise God, the more your attitude will change about the things around you: your job, your car, your family, your friends, your country, and on and on.

Praise will change your outlook. Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord!