Psalm 95:1 ¶ O come, let us
sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with
thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3 For the LORD is a great God, and a
great King above all gods. 4 In his hand
are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is
his also. 5 The sea is his, and
he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. 6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us
kneel before the LORD our maker.
Our joy and gratitude to God should be expressed;
Ephesians 5:19 Speaking to
yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody
in your heart to the Lord;
Colossians 3:16 Let the
word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one
another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord.
Psalm 100:2 Serve the LORD
with gladness: come before his presence with singing…4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and
into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
There are no gods of heathen religions like the Lord our God.
Psalm 86:8 ¶ Among the gods
there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy
works.
Psalm 96:4 For the LORD is
great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
Psalm 97:9 For thou, LORD,
art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
1Corinthians 8:5 For though
there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods
many, and lords many,) 6 But to us there
is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
He is the God over all creation, the Creator of it all, and has
power over it.
Psalm 135:6 Whatsoever the
LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep
places.
Nahum 1:5 The mountains
quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea,
the world, and all that dwell therein.
Just read Genesis, chapter 1, again and marvel at what God has
done. All reality, the entire physical universe is made by Him and were He not
to exist there would be nothing as nothing does not create something. He is
worthy of our worship and thanksgiving.
Ezra 9:5 ¶ And at the
evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and
my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel
knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being
open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a
day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Ephesians 3:14 ¶ For this
cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Philippians 2:10 That at
the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in
earth, and things under the earth;
Psalm 95:7 ¶ For he is
our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his
hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, 8
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in
the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this
generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and
they have not known my ways: 11 Unto
whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
There are many verses in the Bible that liken God’s people to
sheep and God as the shepherd. An example would be;
John 10:14 I am the good shepherd,
and know my sheep, and am known of mine…16
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must
bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
If we hear God’s voice and don’t shut off our understanding or
harden our hearts like the Hebrews did in the wilderness when God had to deal
with the provocation of a disobedient rabble He turned into a people but would
not let the generation that came out of Egypt come into the Promised Land.
Exodus 17:7 And he called
the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the
children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD
among us, or not?
Numbers 14:22 Because all
those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and
in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not
hearkened to my voice;
Hebrews 3:9 When your
fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Numbers 32:13 And the
LORD’S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the
wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the
sight of the LORD, was consumed.
He was their God, the One who created them but they would not hear
Him. That they would not enter the Promised Land is mentioned thrice in
Hebrews.
Hebrews 3:11 So I sware in
my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
So, here in this Psalm we can see God glorified and lifted up and
yet we also see a lamentation about unbelief and the faithlessness of man.
We are God’s and He purchased us with His own blood.
Acts 20:28 Take heed
therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost
hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased
with his own blood.
Revelation 1:5 And from
Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead,
and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us
from our sins in his own blood,
He has promised us eternal life, His rest, and many people seem
inclined to such salvation but then turn away. This Psalm, written to the Jews
under the Law, reminding them of their possession by God and of their own
apostasy, should teach us to be faithful in our trust of God and in our
obedience to Him when we praise every day what He has done for us.
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