From This Time Forth.
Psalm 115:18 (NKJV) “But we will bless the Lord From this time forth and forevermore. Praise the Lord!”
“We will bless the Lord from this time forth and forevermore” (Ps. 115:18). Our praise will never end. “From this time forth and forevermore” includes eternity. We praise Him not in our strength but in the strength of grace. That strength will never be exhausted; it will be renewed day by day.
If God takes you to the sick bed, if every limb becomes a mass of pain, if every nerve is a highway for crowds of pain to travel, keep on praising Him. Continue to bless, praise, and magnify His name.
Even death cannot stop us from blessing God; it will only increase the heavenly choir and sweeten the harmony. We shall love the Lord more and praise Him better when our souls can speak without being hindered by our lips. Then we shall speak in a nobler and sweeter language before the throne of God:
My God, I’ll praise Thee while I live,
And praise Thee when I die,
And praise Thee when I rise again,
And to eternity.
Then in a nobler, sweeter song,
I’ll sing Thy power to save,
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue,
Lies silent in the grave.
— Charles Spurgeon
