True Praise of God in our Deeds

Our time is here is short, and we shall all ere long be called to a reckoning; therefore let us study real praises. God’s blessing of us is in deed, and so should ours be of Him. Thanks in words is good, but in deeds is better; leaves are good, but fruit is better; and of fruit, that which costs us most. True praise requires our whole man, the judgment to esteem, the memory to treasure up, the will to resolve, the affections to delight, the tongue to speak of, and the life to express the rich favors of God. What can we think of!? What can we call to mind!? What can we resolve upon!? What can we speak!? What can we express in our whole course better than the praises of Him, “of whom, and through whom, and to whom we and all things are!” Romans 11:36 [1]

[1] The Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 1,Richard Sibbes, Banner of Truth Trust, 2001 (Originally published 1862-64), p 255.