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Let Us Bow Down in Worship

Date: Mar. 18, 2022

Passage

Psalm 95:1-11 (ESV)

  Oh come, let us sing to the LORD;
    let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
  Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
    let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
  For the LORD is a great God,
    and a great King above all gods.
  In his hand are the depths of the earth;
    the heights of the mountains are his also.
  The sea is his, for he made it,
    and his hands formed the dry land.
  Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
    let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
  For he is our God,
    and we are the people of his pasture,
    and the sheep of his hand.
  Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
    as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
  when your fathers put me to the test
    and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
10   For forty years I loathed that generation
    and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,
    and they have not known my ways.”
11   Therefore I swore in my wrath,
    “They shall not enter my rest.”

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Key Verse: 95:6

  Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
    let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!

The Psalmist invites the people to praise the LORD, to sing and shout to the one who saves them. When we come before God with thanksgiving, we worship him. His greatness is displayed in all creation. This God saves us. He is the one who calls us to himself to bow down and worship. We worship when we thank him for his saving grace. We worship him when we recognize him as our good shepherd, follow him, and seek his care.

The LORD gave the people of Israel his word. Now the writer implores the people to hear his voice. This, too, is worship. The Israelites were called out of Egypt and given the word of God to guide them. Instead, they hardened their hearts and went away from God after idols. They incurred the wrath of God and had no comfort. Hearing God’s voice is how we come before him and enter his rest.

Prayer: Prayer: Lord, thank you for your great salvation. Help me to listen to your word everyday so that I may worship you.

One Word: One Word: Let us worship the LORD

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Genesis 24:50-67

Key Verse: 24:58

And they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.”

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