Psalms 96:7-8
Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;
bring an offering, and come into his courts!
Truth: God is DUE praise!!
It often seems, in our worship services, that we go away thinking it was a good worship service because it made US feel good. We like to talk about how "uplifting" the music was and how "joyous" we feel after we worship. We tend to leave saying great things about the worship band, or the worship leader. We heap praise on a church because their worship is better than the worship of others. Or, we quit attending a church because the worship is boring or to slow, or ...! When we read Psalm 96 we can't help but walk away and realize that worship has nothing to do with us, other than we are obligated, and should want to, heap all the praise on God and on His name, power and character. Worship is not about how it makes us feel. Worship is about how we approach God and heap praise and honor on Him. God doesn't NEED our worship. God DESERVES our worship. It is his DUE! Until we can get to this understanding and knowledge of worship, we will NEVER really worship in spirit and in truth. We are to "ascribe" to the Lord the glory and strength "due" to His name. The word is a simply word, meaning to "give" to someone, or to "provide" to someone something. In this case it is the glory and honor that is due to God. We know what it means to give someone or something honor. We give honor to sport's stars and pop stars and Hollywood stars. We worship fiberglass, chrome, and power. We idolize big homes, with deep, green grass and large back yards. We give all this honor to temporal things and we have an Eternal, Powerful and Amazing God who is DUE that praise. Let's not give our praise to things that will simply perish soon. Let's give our praise to the One who deserves it.
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