Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Do you find your worship of Him satisfying in you? Psalm 48-50


Psalms 50:15 (NASBStr)
Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

In the middle of this worship Psalm of Asaph we have a wonderful declaration of God to those who worship Him.   He so wants us to lift Him in praise because it is then, and only then, that we are most satisfied.   John Piper has a great quote that fits this entire Psalm:  God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in Him.  That is what is happening in this Psalm.   God wants us to come to Him to worship Him.  But, He doesn't need our offering (see verse 10 ... all the cattle of the field are His).   God wants us to worship Him so that we are finding our satisfaction in Him.  Note the above verse.  When we "call" upon Him we are worshiping Him.   He will then rescue us and that gives us the ability further "honor" Him.   As we worship Him we are finding our satisfaction in Him.  Our deliverance is not for our benefit ... but, that we will further give honor to Him.   When I first read this verse I read that He will rescue us when we call on Him and WE will be honored.   But, that is not what it says.  When we call on Him and He rescues us, HE will be honored.   God is most honored when He rescues me out of trouble and I give honor to Him for His work in me.   We can only be satisfied when are glorifying God.    We can only be glorifying God when we find our satisfaction in His deliverance.  

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