It is God's will that all creation will praise Him, for that is why God created everything. To praise Him is not just to acknowledge His worth. It is also to be what God intends His creation to be, i.e., a reflection and revelation of His glory and character.
Since the whole world is under the power of sin, this cannot be done unless God redeems the world. Everyone and everything falls short of the glory of God. Creation is unable to give praise to God because of the presence and power of sin and its consequences. This is the reason why God sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, i.e., to thoroughly redeem His creation.
Redemption is not just about the forgiveness of our sins. It also includes our identification with Christ, our transformation through the Holy Spirit, our vocation as God's people, and ultimately the complete restoration of all creation. Only then can all creation give praise to God.
Unless and until we see this and believe that God is committed to the complete redemption of all His creation, we will not be able to participate in this process by grace through faith. We will be blind and shortsighted. Our focus will just be on ourselves and our petty concerns. We will spend our energies trying to make it in this world, oblivious of the bigger picture of God's redemptive plan. Our hearts will be set on the things of this world rather than eternal things.
By "eternal things" I do not mean things pertaining only to heaven or to matters that are out of this world. Eternal matters are not irrelevant. They pertain to God's kingdom and His agenda for His creation, which are always relevant and crucial to everything else. A hammer, for example, is useful only when it is used according to its intended pursue, i.e. to hammer a nail. When it is used to hurt an animal or a person, then it is not functioning as it should be. It's "glory" is being distorted. In the same way, all creation is meant to praise God. If it is not doing so, it is missing its purpose.
To believe and follow Jesus Christ is to say yes to God's redemptive plan. This involves not merely "receiving" Christ but following and obeying Him together with others in the path of identification, transformation, vocation, and toward complete restoration of all creation at the end of this age.
To God be all the glory!
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