AI OVERVIEW: Psalm 67 petitions all peoples to praise God, inviting joy across nations as evidence of God's rule with equity. The teaching recounts C.S. Lewis’s struggle with the demand to praise, clarifying that God does not crave compliments but that praise arises from enjoying what is good and completes that enjoyment by sharing it. Praise is often hard or felt as duty, but it functions like tuning an instrument: the duty exists for the delight, preparing the heart for future grace. The text shows concrete examples—lovers praising their beloved, the beauty of nature, moral beauty in acts, and sharing what one loves—to illustrate how praise overflows from genuine appreciation and enlarges communal joy.
YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION: Why does God want us to praise Him? And what if praising God sometimes feels awkward, artificial, or forced? In this reflection on Psalm 67, John Ortberg explores the same question that once troubled C. S. Lewis. Lewis eventually discovered that God doesn't need praise like an in...
