Bow Down (Psalm 95:6)

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Worship seems to be something that eludes the life of most Christians. If we polled any number of them, we would find that, outside of Sunday morning services, most don’t give any thought to worship or the things of the faith. Unless they’re raising their hands & singing along with the worship team or choir, it’s not on their radar. If we’re serious about our faith, we ought to take time to examine our worship and how we think about the Lord our God.

One of my favorite verses for summarizing worship is Psalm 95:6, which reads, “Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!” Far too often we forget how big God is (cue Knowdaverbs’ song “God is Big”). Because of this, we fail to give proper respect to such an awesome, holy, and loving God. We’d much rather bring him down to a level we can comprehend or mold to suit our needs. But this verse describes precisely how we should view God. We need to bow down and recognize him as our Creator and Savior.

Sure, life is full of commotion; but, even with our busy schedules, we need to take time to focus on God and who he is. As His creation, we have an obligation to worship and adore him. Scripture is blunt in saying the rocks will cry out in our place if we fail to worship (Luke 19:40). We have to recognize the “bigness” of God and tremble at His magnificent power, the same power that simply spoke this universe into existence. Yet, God is so much more than that; he is also a Father who yearns to be close to us. Therefore, we should offer up thanksgiving to our loving Father who never leaves or forsakes us. There are innumerable things that we can worship God for, we just need to take the time to do it. We need to consciously carve out time and bow down before the Lord our Maker, the Creator of heaven and earth.

None of us are perfect and we won’t do the greatest job at this, but we should aspire to do better. We should want to find a place where we can be alone and bow down on bended knee to worship the Lord. But this goes beyond just singing songs and praying; every waking moment of our lives should be focused on worshiping God. He desires for us to be living sacrifices of worship (Rom. 12:1), which means our entire lives should be in a position where we’re submitting to him. We should worship him with the way we live. The Lord is great and deserves all of the worship and adoration we can offer up to him; so, let’s bow down before the Lord our Maker and give him his due praise.

Dig Deeper

1. Read Matthew 4:8-10. Satan promised Jesus all the world’s kingdoms if he worshiped him. In what ways does Satan try to hinder your worship? How do you combat him?
2. Read Matthew 5:23-24. How can broken relationships interfere with our worship? What can we do to correct it according to this passage?
3. John 4:23-24 tells us that we must worship God in spirit and in truth. What does that mean and how can you make sure you’re doing it?

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Background music: Beat Rabbi “On a Side Note (Instrumental)” from album Deepspace5oul – courtesy of Illect Recordings