Worship for Today: What God has done is great cause for worship!

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Psalm 54:6-7,

 

"I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O Lord, for it is good. For he has delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes."

 

In this psalm, David calls out to God to save him from enemies, "ruthless men" who are attacking him. In the header to the psalm we are told the occasion that David wrote it was when the Ziphites had informed King Saul of his whereabouts amongst them.

 

David ends this psalm in a promise to worship the Lord through the sacrifice of a freewill offering. The worship of this offering is in response to what the Lord has done for him. Reflecting on the Lord's deliverance of him from all his troubles is what leads David to this worship.

 

This morning I am reminded that reflection on what the Lord has already done for me is wonderful food for thought and fuel of my worship of him. To think that God sent his only Son to die a miserable death so that I might have a place in his family is certainly cause for my worship of him. To recognize that God has allowed me a place at his table, as a member of his family solely on the basis of faith without having to jump through the hoops of law-keeping is certainly cause for my worship of him. Reflecting on God sending his Holy Spirit to dwell within me, changing me from within, guaranteeing me a great hope in the resurrection, providing me comfort, a constant companion and great encouragement is certainly cause for my worship of him.

 

To know that God cares for my well-being, that he listens to my prayers, that he has my best in all of his intentions toward me provides an inexpressible joy and great cause for my worship of him! Surely this is a God to worship!

 

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
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