February 6 – Worshiping God Alone

“Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty,” – Psalm 104:1 (NASB)

Taking a moment today to think about and ponder on the greatness of our LORD God. To bless the Lord is to praise God for all that he has done. The creator of all is God and He is greater than His creation. This is why the Creator is to be worshiped, not the creation. We might think of the things in our lives that draw us away from focusing on God’s greatness. The first two Commandments make it very clear that God was not to be supplanted in our lives by anything we would adore more than Him. “No other gods before Me.”  There is to be no crafting of idols for ourselves. No serving anything or anyone or worshiping the same other than the LORD God. (Exodus 20:3-5) The manner or style of worship appropriate to only one Lord forbids us of any attempt to represent or capture His essence by use of anything He has made. Total condemnation of artistic expression was NOT the issue; but absolute denunciation of idolatry and false worship was the issue. Our LORD God is greater than we can conceive and He rightly deserves to command us to worship only Him. 

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September 20 – Ascribing Attribution

“Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.”  Psalm 29:2 (NIV)

Our verse today calls us to 'ascribe' to the Lord the glory He deserves. We don't use the word 'ascribe' so much in our normal conversations but we use words with similar meaning.  As we think of worshiping God we realize that worship involves respect for the character of God.  It involves recognizing who God is and what is due to him in our times of worship.  The promise we have is that our Lord deserves Glory which we are to acknowledge comes from Him.  It emanates from His holiness.  He is also the only person self deserving of glory because of who He is. We recall the glory of heaven where He dwells when we worship Him.  God's holiness separates Him from sin in all its aspects. He imputes that holiness to us when we believe.  Each time we worship Him, we make that recognition a part of our approach.  Let us worship Him in the splendor of His holiness and let us ascribe glory to His name.

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September 20

“Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.”  Psalm 29:2 (NIV)

We can choose to make this a day of worship as we think about this verse for today. As we think of worshipping God we realize that worship involves respect for the character of God. God is glorious and His name is glorious. We must remember the glory of heaven where He dwells when we worship Him. God is holy too, separate from sin in all its aspects. We must remember that as we worship, and make that recognition as part of our approach to Him. Let us worship Him in the splendor of His holiness and we will bring glory to His name.