I neglected to post yesterday! Mea culpa!
So here's Wednesday's post--the last one -- pretend that's Tuesday's!
"Come let worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our maker." Psalm 95:6
This is what's known as an "entrance psalm," obviously one the people of Israel sang as they entered the temple. It praises God for all God's creative works, and bids us "worship" God.
What does it mean to worship God? The remainder of the verse says we should kneel before God. That's a symbolic way of worshiping because it brings us physically lower than the object of our worship--saying in effect: "God is higher than me," higher on the scale of things I care about. Higher than even me.
Another way to look at it is to consider the word "worship" broken down into its roots. Think of it as "worth-ship" - that which is worthy of our praise and thanksgiving. The psalmist lists the various parts of creation and God's control over them as being proof that God is worship worthy.
Now, there may be other things in your life that you worship (falsely). But in the end, they fail us as gods. It is only the one true God that delivers as creator, redeemer, and sustainer. wednesday and everyday!
See you at worship tonight?
Pastor Tom
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