Nehemiah 9:3 And they stood up in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day; for another quarter of it they made confession and worshiped the Lordtheir God. 4 On the stairs of the Levites stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
6 “You are the Lord, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you. 7 You are the Lord, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. 8 You found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the covenant to give to his offspring the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous.
After the return from the exile and rebuilding of the wall, the people stopped and confessed their sin. They gave renewed attention to hearing the Word of God and responding to it. When they gathered together they had some specific confessions to make: He is eternal, above all others, the Great Creator and Preserver of what He has made, and He is the One who makes promises to men and keeps them. He is righteous: He always does right by men: whether it is to judge and punish, or save and restore; we can count on Him to do the righ thing. Worship acknowledges all of that - not just verbally, but in how we go out and live. May God revive us and restore our worship of HIM.
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