It was my father's 75th birthday celebration. We honored him and each of his children, and grandchildren and grads came and told what he meant to them. We honored him. If we can honor our earthly fathers, how much more should we come to our heavenly father and thank him for how he has taken care of us and what he means to us. (This is my niece and her husband and their family coming to honor their grandfather and great grandfather).The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if you hear his voice, - Psalm 95:5-7
Worship is…humbling of one’s self. The psalmist gives a reminder of the wonder of God. He says that the seas are his because he made them. His hands formed the dry land and because of it, we must come before him and bow down and worship him.
We bow down because we realize who is the ultimate one over all things. One of the attributes we come to appreciate about God is that he is the great “maker” of all things.
He is our God and when we acknowledge this we will come and humble ourselves. One show of humbling is when we here his voice…what will we do? The verse ends there but in the eighth verse it says we will not harden our hearts to God as was done before.
The message for us today is that true worship calls for a humbling of our selves before God. There is only one master and we are not it! We must remind ourselves who is in control of our lives and in control of our future, and that is God. This will not happen until we come to a true place of worship before the Lord. It is in those places that we realize the need to humble ourselves against our own ideas, agendas and desires. We reminded ourselves of who is the owner of the sea and the dry land. Who is the great maker of all, it is God so surely he should have control over all that belongs to him. Do you belong to him?
If you do, then cry out today “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord” as you bow down before his presences. Lord today, we pray that you would show us your glory and the richness of your beauty. Lord help us to humble ourselves before you so that we can experience this richness that you have waiting for us, for you will not fight with us to show us your power and majesty. Help us worship you, your way.
