08/09/2026
It’s the Lord’s Day!
So, how’s your level of worship of the Lord these days? How would you rate your praise?
Do you know how amazing your God truly is? Do you worship Him in ways that He is worthy of? Do you give Him the space in your heart that He deserves? Does your life reflect your love for Him? Is He is first? In everything? You certainly don’t have to answer me, and I’d prefer you wouldn’t, but it’s good now and then to take an introspective tour of our hearts concerning the Lord.
Let’s look today at one man whose praise and worship set the standard for what a believer’s heart should look like!
King David was outstanding in his role as a psalmist. Further down, we’ll read as he describes the Lord. We’ll read what he thinks our worship should be like. Listen to him describe praise and then compare it to the praise that exists in your life. Compare your awe of God to David being overwhelmed at the mere thought of God. Compare your worship to David’s. Compare your passion to his.
You might argue that David was unique, and God gave him special gifts and he had different encounters with the Lord than you’ve had.
Listen folks, David didn’t have Jesus as His personal Savior to walk with him. He lived around 1,000 years before Jesus was born! David didn’t have the New Testament and its authors giving him the knowledge we have. At best, he may have had bits and pieces of the first five books written by Moses, but scholars aren’t completely convinced he had much more of the Old Testament. His knowledge of God came from being alone with the Lord all those days and nights spent as a shepherd. He had no one teaching him about God three times a week in church. He had no radio sermons to hear, or preaching or worship on YouTube to watch. His walk was “one on one” with God, which might just be the secret for you.
But just look at what YOU have. You have far greater information available to you. You have Christ and His power within you. You have the mighty Holy Spirit of God within you in greater measure than David did, because Jesus sent Him to you to dwell in you as He promised in John 14. Yes David had the anointing to prophesy, but the Holy Spirit didn’t dwell continually with him as He does in you. And you have the word of God giving you wisdom. knowledge, and instruction. All that said, your worship and praise should far surpass that of King David!
Let’s read a few portions of some psalms he authored, and strive to be that worshipper that he was and more.
“Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones; Praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright in heart—those with moral integrity and godly character. Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with the harp of ten strings. Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully on the strings with a loud and joyful sound. For the word of the Lord is right; and all His work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord. By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, And all their host by the breath of His mouth. Let all the earth fear and worship the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. Blessed fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people whom He has chosen as His own inheritance. Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon those who fear Him and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience. On those who hope confidently in His compassion and lovingkindness, we wait expectantly for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. For in Him our heart rejoices, Because we trust, lean on, rely on, and are confident in His holy name.
I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; the humble and downtrodden will hear it and rejoice. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us lift up His name together. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience, and He rescues each of them. O taste and see that the Lord our God is good; How blessed, fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God is the man who takes refuge in Him. O reverently fear the Lord, you His saints; for to those who fear Him there is no want. The young lions lack food and grow hungry, but they who seek the Lord will not lack any good thing. Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you to fear the Lord with awe-inspired reverence and worship Him with obedience. The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, those with moral courage and spiritual integrity, and His ears are open to their cry. When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and rescues them from all their distress and troubles. The Lord is near to the heartbroken and He saves those who are crushed in spirit. Many hardships and perplexing circumstances confront the righteous, but the Lord rescues him from them all. The Lord redeems the soul of His servants, and none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned. Your lovingkindness and graciousness, O Lord, extend to the skies, Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgments are like the great deep. O Lord, You preserve man and beast. How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; and You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life, the fountain of life-giving water: in Your light we see light. O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart. O Lord, you have searched me thoroughly and have known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; my entire life, everything I do; You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, and You are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue still unspoken, Behold, O Lord, You know it all. You have enclosed me behind and before, and You have placed Your hand upon me. Such infinite knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high above me, I cannot reach it. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there Your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will take hold of me. If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the night will be the only light around me,” even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You, But the night shines as bright as the day; darkness and light are alike to You. For You formed my innermost parts; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was being formed in secret, and intricately and skillfully formed as if embroidered with many colors in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written the days that were appointed for me, when as yet there was not one of them even taking shape. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You. Search me thoroughly O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.”
Psalms 33: 1-6,8,12,18,20,21 34: 1-3, 7-11, 15, 17-19, 22 36: 5-10 139: 1-18, 23-24 Amp