What more needs to be said?

Psalms 117:1-2 NLT

Praise the Lord , all you nations. Praise him, all you people of the earth. For he loves us with unfailing love; the Lord’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise the Lord!

*************************************

Psalm 117 only has two verses. You might think that was a bit short to be considered a complete Psalm, especially when compared to say Psalm 119 with its 176 verses.
And yet Psalm 117 is a complete thought and makes a profound impact.

Have you ever considered that God's praise is the primary reason for your existence?

So the Psalm gets right to the point and invites you to do what you were made for. And yet the invitation is for everyone in every nation. It is the widest possible, most inclusive invitation to participate in the most important responsibly ever. And if some how you missed it the first time or felt possibly the stateless individuals got left out, our Psalm sweeps up all of humanity and repeats the invocation to fulfil your single most important role.

There is nothing more important you can do than praise the Lord!

And you might ask why is praising God our most important job? And although it is really self-evident why you should praise your creator, and the maker of all there is, Psalm 117 declares the love of God as a motive for praise.

Consider, your maker, against whom you've rebelled, says he loves you. And the character of his love is unfailing. His love is undeterred. Oh, you've tried to undo his love, rebuff his love, repel God's love, and maybe worst, ignore God's love. But his love is unfailing.

We may love ourselves,  we may love the creation more than the creator, we may love our rebellion, we may even love lies and the Father of lies, but the Lord's love is faithful.

How can we not see we are free to do the most important thing in the whole universe, the thing for which were made.

We can praise the Lord.

Nothing is more important!

You can pack a lot into two verses.