majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Psalm 147:1,
"Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how
pleasant and fitting to praise him!"
Here is a wonderful observation. The psalmist tells us that it is
good, pleasant and fitting to praise our Lord. I suspect most of us
who have embraced the Lord in faith can identify with this sentiment
and have likely experienced this very thing on many occasions. The
appropriate and sincere worship of our God is an activity which moves
us to the appointed purpose of life our Creator designed us for. When
God created mankind, he did so that he would have fellowship with
members of his creation designed after his own image. In his love we
were made with an intellect, the ability to emote and a free will to
choose to love our Creator in return.
As God's redeemed children, we are not free to worship God in just any
way we may think of. Our God requires us to worship him in spirit and
in truth, John 4:24. We are also to worship him acceptably with
reverence and awe, Hebrews 12:28. Given these guidelines, worshipping
our Lord, praising him is good, pleasant and fitting.
Those who have responded to God's offer of salvation and who take the
time to gaze upon our God find One who is worthy of our praise, of our
worship and adoration. The love he has expressed to us in sending his
Son to take our punishment on himself draws us to him. His
faithfulness in following through on all of his promises and in the
way he takes care of us brings to our hearts the thrill of knowing
someone who is transcendent and yet has our very best as his
intentions toward us. The certainty of his judgment brings an awe and
respect for the Judge who will bring about justice for all sin and
wrong doing. All of these things find their satisfaction in the good,
pleasant and fitting praise of our Lord.
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
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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