10,000 Reasons

“Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.” – Psalm 103:1

 

The story behind the praise song, ‘10,000 Reasons’, gives us all an important reminder of how and why we should rightly praise God. The story of the actual writing of the song was uneventful and, in a way, unusual in the fact that it was a fairly quick process. Matt Redman wrote the song within an hour. The melody was shared by his friend Jonas Myrin and the lyrics, mostly from Psalm 103, quickly fell into place. So, the story behind the songwriting process is fairly pedestrian. However, the point behind the song, as Matt puts it, is a whole other story.

Psalm 103 gives these amazing reasons to praise God, including; He forgives our sins, heals our diseases, redeems our lives from the pit, crowns us with love and compassion, satisfies our desires, and gives righteousness and justice. This song reflects the words of this Psalm, along with other reasons to praise God. The point behind the song, as writer Matt Redman said: “If you wake up one morning and you cannot think of a reason to bring God some kind of offering of thanks or praise, then you can be sure there’s something wrong at your end of the pipeline, and not his. We live beneath an unceasing flow of goodness, kindness, greatness, and holiness, and every day we’re given reason after reason why Jesus is so completely and utterly worthy of our highest and best devotion.”

 

There are far more than 10,000 reasons to praise the Lord. Today in prayer, spend some time praising Jesus for His goodness. 

 

“Bless the Lord, O my soul, 

O my soul, worship His holy Name. 

Sing like never before, O my soul. 

I’ll worship Your holy Name.” – Matt Redmond

 

God’s Word: “Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, O my soul.” – Psalm 103:22