Yesterday a friend
visited and we talked about worship.
This summer we’re exploring several of the Psalms and what they display
more than anything is that no matter the circumstances, no matter the troubles,
no matter the difficulties, no matter the joys and successes...all things come
from God and so in all things we worship and stand amazed at his work.
This next Sunday we’ll
mine the riches of Psalm 90. The author
reminds us of WHY we worship God...
Psalm 90:1-3
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You turn men back to dust, saying, "Return to dust, O sons of men."
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You turn men back to dust, saying, "Return to dust, O sons of men."
Why do we
worship? Because He is the Eternal God,
the Creator of the universe, including us, and we are part of his
creation. The Psalmist reminds us in vs
12:
Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
That’s the
key...can we SEE? Can we see How God has
entered our lives? How God has worked in
our circumstances, difficulties, joys, successes? How God is still at work in us, and will be
through the rest of our lives.
It’s a theme in so
many of the Psalms. Remember the
words of Psalms 103? “Forget not all his benefits.”
Spurgeon wrote: “It
is a delightful and profitable occupation to mark the hand of God in the lives
of ancient saints and to observe His goodness in delivering them, His mercy in
pardoning them, and His faithfulness in keeping His covenant with them. But
would it not be even more interesting and profitable for us to observe the hand
of God in our own lives? Should we not look upon our own history as being at
least as full of God, as full of His goodness and of His truth, as much a proof
of His faithfulness and veracity as the lives of any of the saints who have
gone before?
We do our Lord an injustice when we suppose that He
performed all His mighty acts and showed Himself strong for those in the early
time but does not perform wonders or lay bare His arm for the saints who are
now upon the earth. Let us review our own lives. Surely in these we may
discover some happy incidents, refreshing to ourselves and glorifying to our
God. Have you had no deliverances? Have you passed through no
rivers, supported by the divine presence? Have you walked through no fires
unharmed? Have you had no manifestations? Have you had no
choice favors? The God who gave Solomon the desire of his heart,
has He never listened to you and answered your requests? That God of lavish
bounty of whom David sang, "who satisfies you with good," Has
He never filled you up to overflowing? Have you never been made to lie down in
green pastures? Have you never been led by the still waters?
Surely the goodness of God has been the same to us as to the
saints of old. Let us, then, weave His mercies into a song. Let us take the
pure gold of thankfulness and the jewels of praise and make them into another
crown for the head of Jesus. Let our souls produce music as sweet and as
exhilarating as came from David's harp while we praise the Lord whose mercy
endures forever.
We worship because God wants us to LOOK and SEE what he has done...what he is doing.
Peace
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