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Discipleship Focus: Up
- Up: Up is the word we use for what we worship. If we are following God’s will, God will occupy the Up position. Our life, our identity, our mission, our family on mission is all derived from Up. This is why God needs to be in our Up position.
It is
pretty clear that this psalm is a worship psalm. Every single stanza gives us a reason to
worship the Lord. Every single stanza
gives us a concrete example of what the Lord has done for humanity. We should worship Him.
There is
a very simple reason why we find worship psalms in our Bible. Worship psalms are addictive. They are easy to read and get caught up in
their message. They are easy to read and
feel the desire to continue worshipping even after the psalm ends. It is easy to continue to sing the praises of
God in our own life and the lives of the people that we know. Worship psalms do a great job of bringing us
into a place of worship and encouraging us to stay there for a while.
This
leads me to some reflection. We know
what the Lord did for the psalmist. We
know what the Lord has done for the Hebrew people. We know what God has done for humanity and
salvation. But what has God done for
you? What has God brought into your life
in order to make His presence known? How
can you lift up your voice today and sing to the Lord a new song?
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