Psalm 29:2

Main Thought: One of the things you see throughout the Psalms of David is his emphasis on the true worship of God. We see it also early in the history of Israel when God delivered His people out of Egypt and gave them His laws and precepts, that a very detailed emphasis was placed upon the true worship of God. The Tabernacle was the hub, at the center of the camp of the Israelites. It was known as a place of holiness, where God came down to meet with man. The Israelites understood that worship was not about them, but about God, worshiping Him because of His great name and holiness. David also understood this, that we worship Him because “His name alone is exalted; His majesty is above earth and heaven” (Ps. 148:13). As His children, we are commanded in His Word to worship Him, to not forsake the assembling of yourselves together (Heb. 10:25), not for the purpose of checking off a box of our religious service, not for the purpose of socializing with friends, or getting our felt needs addressed by the pastors and teachers. No, the purpose when we gather together is to worship, to worship in our praying, our singing, our giving, our serving, and in the proclamation of our God in the preaching and teaching of His Word. When we come together and worship Him in Spirit and Truth (John 4:23), we are doing what we were put on this earth to do, and which we will spend an eternity in heaven doing. May all of us who know our Lord and Savior say with David that we will worship our Lord who has redeemed us because of the glory of His name and in “the splendor of holiness.” I pray all of us who know Christ will have a renewed zeal to worship Him now and look forward to the time when we will live in eternal worship of our Lord and Savior.