“Therefore, I will praise you with a harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing to you with a lyre, Holy One of Israel.” (v. 22)

If you have known God’s rescue…

If you have tasted redemption and trusted the Redeemer…

If you have run to the Rock when your world was shifting sand…

…what should you do about it?

The Psalmist here accounts for God’s faithfulness over the entire trajectory of his life. He has known the certainty of God’s presence and the hope of God’s salvation. From youth to old age, he has seen God’s gracious work, and he has worshipped.

And he closes his prayer with this:

“Therefore….”

Because of who God is and how he has known Him, the Psalmist draws an active conclusion: God has been this, therefore I will praise Him, sing to Him, recount His rescue, teach His Word and tell my story. The “therefore” of his salvation is a life of testimony and worship.

May we live into that “therefore,” too.

— Tyler