Listen To His Voice
O 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 the dry land, which his hands have formed.
O 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.
O that today you would listen to his
voice! Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as
on the day at Massah in the wilderness, when your
ancestors tested me, and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work. For
forty years I loathed that generation and said, “They
are a people whose hearts go astray, and they do not regard my ways.” Therefore
in my anger I swore, “They shall not enter my rest.”
How do you worship God? Do you fall prostate as a sign of honor? Do you give Him allegiance? Do
you bow down to God? Do you sink down to your knees and give respect and
worship to our God? The psalmist used the word kneel, which means to be on
one’s knees giving praise to God.
According to the psalmist, kneeling in
God’s presence is a sign of reverence rather than a barbaric form of behavior.
The important thing, however, is not just our physical position but a humble
posture of our heart.
Our attitude
in worship
matters far more
than the position
of our worship.
Our Daily
Bread –