All The Day

Text: Ps 71:8, 15

• Into:
  • Three times in Psalm 71, David used the phrase “all the day.” 
  • In Ps 71:8 he wrote, “Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.” 
  •  In Ps 71:15 he wrote, “My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.” 
  • In Ps 71:24 he wrote, “My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long…”
• Notice that these are all references to what David did with his mouth or with his tongue. 
  • He used his mouth to praise God, honour God, shew forth his righteousness, and shew forth his salvation all the day. 
  • As Christians, we can learn a great lesson from David. 
  • We should do all day what he did.  All the day:
• My mouth shall be filled with thy praise –
  • Ps 71:8 –
  • In Ps 34:1 David wrote, “I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” 
  • By the time David wrote these passages, he had evidently come to the place in his life where he was praising God vocally all day long. 
  • Did you know that we are supposed to praise God continually? 
  • See Heb 13:15. 
  • Just imagine what praising God with your mouth all day long would do to your life. 
  • Imagine how pleased God would be with your praise, Heb 13:16. 
  • The best way to praise God with your mouth continually is by singing hymns and giving thanks. 
  • These are two things that you can and should do all the day no matter where you spend your days. 
  • In everything give thanks, 1 Thes 5:18, and for everything give thanks, Eph 5:20, all day long.
• My mouth shall be filled with thy honour – Ps 71:8 –
  •  David wasn’t writing about lip service here, Is 29:13. 
  • He wrote about real honour. 
  • David was the king, the highest position of authority in the land. 
  • And yet he humbled himself and honored God, instead of himself. 
  • He magnified the Lord, Ps 34:3. 
  • Just think about all the people who speak to the dishonor of God today. 
  • They curse and take his name in vain. 
  • They lie about his words and deny the truth of what he said and what he did. 
  • God is the creator of the universe. 
  • Yet they deny that he exists or that he created us.  He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. 
  • Yet they scoff at the promise of his return to rule. 
  • We should honor him with everything we say all the day. 
  • You say, “But they don’t want to hear that.” 
  • And I say, “Yes, but the Lord sure wants to hear us honor him and he deserves every bit of honor we can give him, all day long, everyday.” 
  • Do you know anyone else in the world that is going to honor him, if his own children don’t? 
  • God is our Father; we are his children. 
  • Children are commanded to honor their parents.  Our mouth should be filled with God’s honor all the day.
• My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness – Ps 71:15 –
  • God is righteous. 
  • Ps 119:160 says, “Thy word is true from the beginning; and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.” 
  • What God says about a matter or how God judges a matter or a person is right every single time. 
  • You and I shew forth the righteousness of God with our mouths when we speak as the oracles of God, 1 Pet 4:11. 
  • God’s words are right all the time. 
  • You say, “But there are so many people who don’t believe God’s words.” 
  • True enough. 
  • But the fact that they don’t believe God doesn’t make them right and God wrong. 
  • They need to know where God stands on everything. 
  • Imagine a college student who unashamedly proclaims God’s righteousness among his or her peers on campus. 
  • What an outstanding Christian they would be.
  • Imagine what your life would be like if you could speak of God’s righteousness in every conversation. 
  • You can do this. 
  • You can shew forth the righteousness of God all the day.  The question is, “Will you?”
• My mouth shall shew forth thy salvation – Ps 71:15 –
  • Do you know how to lead others to the Lord? 
  • The answer is simple. 
  • Your mouth must shew forth the Lord’s salvation. 
  • There was a group of folks who were learning in their church about  soul winning for six months.
  • When asked  “Have you been out yet?” “No.” 
  • You can and should study about leading others to the Lord.
  • But I have found that they don’t get saved until you open your mouth and preach the gospel to them. 
  • David said, “my mouth shall shew forth thy salvation.” 
  • And he said he did this “all the day.” 
  • We need to shew forth the Lord’s salvation all the day. 
  • You know people who need to hear about the Lord’s salvation from you.
• Conclusion:
  • All the day we talk about a lot of different things. 
  • David has given us four things to say that should occupy our mouth all day. 
  • Our mouth should be filled with the Lord’s praise, with his honor, with his righteousness, and with his salvation. 
  • We should take what we have heard today to heart. 
  • We should pray now and ask the Lord to really help us do with our mouths what David did with his. 
  • After all, like David, we don’t know the numbers of our days, Ps 71:15. 
  • So, we should plan to use the rest of them to proclaim his praise, honor, righteousness, and salvation.