Read Psalm 95
95 Come, let us praise the Lord!
Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!
2 Let us come before
him with thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs of praise.
3 For the Lord is
a mighty God, a mighty king over all the gods.
4 He rules over the
whole earth,
from the deepest caves to the highest hills.
5 He rules over the
sea, which he made;
the land also, which he himself formed.
6 Come, let us bow
down and worship him;
let us kneel before the Lord,
our Maker!
7 He is our God;
we are the people he cares for,
the flock for which he provides.
Listen today to what he says:
8 “Don’t be
stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah,
as they were that day in the desert at Massah.
9 There they put me
to the test and tried me,
although they had seen what I did for them.
10 For
forty years I was disgusted with those people.
I said, ‘How disloyal they are!
They refuse to obey my commands.’
11 I
was angry and made a solemn promise:
‘You will never enter the land
where I would have given you rest.’ ”
Think
Verses 1-5 serve as a reminder of who God is. Verses 6-11 are a call for us to listen to
him and be obedient to him because of who he is. The Psalmist recalls Exodus 17:1-7, a moment
in the Israelite’s journey out of Egypt in which they doubted whether God was
with them. They hardened their hearts –
and stopped trusting in God. This was
one of the reasons their journey to freedom was diverted.
Pray
Lord, help me to trust in your love for me as I surrender to
your call on my life.
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