Day 362

December 28th
Revelation 7:1-10:11.  “Praise God!”
Everyone needs praise for his accomplishments, but few people make the need known quite as clearly as the little boy who said to his father: "Let's play darts.  I'll throw and you say ‘Wonderful!’"
The visions of Revelation often describe a great multitude in heaven “too great to count” (7:9) shouting their praises to God and the Lamb (Christ).  In a similar way, as the little boy throwing darts, we offer praise to God for His accomplishments, but they are not vain or empty praises as we consider who His is and what He’s done.
Some Sunday mornings we’ve sang a song called Who Am I, by Casting Crowns.  The bridge to the chorus says, “Not because of who I am, But because of what you've done.  Not because of what I've done, But because of who you are.”  
I would encourage you to read Psalm 103.  It expresses God’s love for us and how what He does for us lets us know what He is really like.  Just from this psalm you will have enough reasons to shout your praises to God for a very long time.