- Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Psalm 95:6-7a – Why should we worship God? Why should you worship God? Our psalm multiple times over gives the direction “let us” do something in reverence to the Lord . Let us sing to Him…let us come into His presence with thanksgiving…let us kneel before Him as our Lord. Why though should we give God such worship and reverence? For all of humanity a starting answer would be that God is their Maker. While only those who choose to follow the Lord are His children, every person is God’s creation and He is their Maker, making Him worthy of their honor. For all those who on top of being a creation of God is also a child of God, the list of why to worship the Lord is extensive. Yet even see the reason in our verse above. God cares for us like a good shepherd would for all the sheep in his flock. We are held in the hands of God, and He pastures us, meaning He watches over us and takes care of our needs. We then have the most awesome being in all of the universe and He still takes the time for each of us, protecting us and providing for our needs. As the psalmist then said, come, let’s worship and bow down. Our Lord is worthy of our worship today. Be willing to follow what He says about your sin, be willing to treat others how He commands us to, be willing to invest time with Him today. This is a snapshot of what “bowing down and worshipping” Him today could look like. Let us give Him what we can for He deserves every bit of it. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3509
- Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! Psalms 95:1-2 – Six times within this psalm do we see the phrase “let us” appear. This shows us an important message that if we haven’t grasped a hold of yet we need to. That our faith in God isn’t a solo act, nor is it something that “they” should do yet not us. Our faith in God is something we are called to do together in community. Isolation was never the direction or example Jesus set for us on how to live out your faith well. Finding solitude to be refreshed by alone time with God is a part, but Jesus always came back to the community of believers to continue the ministry work. Be asking how much community truly plays a part in your walk with God. Just as it’s so much easier to move a broken down car with others, so is walking in community when it comes to our faith life. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1158
- For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness, when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work. Psalm 95:7-9 – What happened at Meribah/Massah? In Exodus 17:7 we see the story where the Israelites were grumbling about their situation after God rescued them from Egypt. They had nothing to drink so they questioned if God was even with them anymore. What we see being directed in this psalm is to not respond to the moves of God like these people did. They, after seeing God move in front of them in mighty ways and hearing His voice to them, still hardened their hearts and didn’t believe. You may not of have a Red Sea part or water come from a stone, but God has made His presence know to you. You can hear His word through scripture. You can see His majesty in the sunset. You can see His hand working in the lives of the broken. Today, if you hear His voice and see His working, don’t harden your heart towards Him. He is doing exactly what He promised He’d do, He’s being faithful to His word. If even with these moves of God in front of you, you still close off your heart to Him, may I gently ask why? What is it that God is/isn’t doing that’s causing such a hard heart towards Him? Know I’d love to listen. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2055
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