Thursday, September 28, 2017

The Conversation of Worship...

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Psalm 66: 

Shout for joy to God, all the earth;
    sing the glory of his name;
    give to him glorious praise!
Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
    So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.
All the earth worships you
    and sings praises to you;
    they sing praises to your name.” Selah...




Many Psalms were written for public worship, but also carried with them a tune and a topic that could be carried out into daily, personal life.  Here the Psalmist calls on all people to stop and proclaim to God "How awesome are your deeds!" In the following verses he goes on to recite great national historical events like the crossing of the their deliverance from bondage in Egypt, their crossing through the Red Sea on dry land, their preservation as a nation, and His provision in the Promised Land.  But then he gets personal, telling how he will respond by bringing offerings to God, exhorting us to hear his own story of how awesome God is. The greatest thing to him is the last stanza: 
20 Blessed be God,
    because he has not rejected my prayer    or removed his steadfast love from me!
That is the most awesome thought, is it not? That God still loves me.  

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