Ruling a kingdom is hard work, but as the day draws to a close, David has one more assignment. Drawn to the starlit sky, he nods towards the guards as he walks from his position of authority—where he rules on the throne—to a position of submission—where he has come to worship.
David, standing alone, looks up at the stars and sees more than an illumination of the heavens. A poet, songwriter and musician, long before he ever wore a crown, David again takes time to worship his God.
Raising his hands, he begins a chorus of praise—a psalm that will ring out centuries later in perhaps a rice field in China, or in a prison cell in Alabama, on a lonely road in Somalia or in a high-rise in Dubai.
“O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens,” David tells Elohim, his Creator.
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?” he sings to Adonai, his Lord.
“You have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet.” David worships Jehovah Shalom, his Peace.
“O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”
And as David worships, God is with him, basking in the adoration of His servant and anointing His chosen monarch with strength, courage, favor and grace.
My friend, our heavenly Father longs for our praise and worship. Just as He beckoned a shepherd boy who would be a king, He’s calling us to Himself. He’s calling us to worship.
Worship is not just an action; it’s not just part of a church service. Worship is a presence, a state of mind—an attitude. Worship can be the extravagant and passionate expression of our love to God, or a quietly delivered, yet fervent, reverence of the Most High God.
God is worthy of our highest and best praise, not our leftovers—whatever time we have “left over” after doing all our “important stuff.”
Because God inhabits the praises of His people, every time you worship, you will sense and experience His presence.
In this intimate connection, you can hear His voice. You can know your purpose and how to get there. You can know how to love and learn how to forgive. You can become all that He intended from the very beginning.
Go beyond a prayer of thanksgiving; take time to worship! Become a worshipper after God’s own heart!
“O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”
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