I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!(Psa 34:1-4 ESV)
Do you ever have a song in your head? I’m bad at this. It bothers my wife something fierce because I always seem to get the song stuck in her head too. This is probably because I just can’t not sing out loud. Yesterday was a good example. I was listening to a worship CD on Rhapsody when I heard Lincoln Brewster cover that Hallelujah song from Shrek. Anyway, I played it several times while blogging, and then it was done. It was stuck. Of course, when Jodie got home, I had to share this appalling interpretation of worship with her. It’s just such a catchy tune! I’ve been singing it ever since.
Our praise for the Lord needs to be like that song. Our love for Him needs to be something we just can’t get out of our heads, and we shouldn’t try! What’s more, it should be such a catchy thing that we can’t wait to share it with friends. His praise should be infectious. Who are you giving credit for stuff to? David says our souls should make their boast in the Lord. Are you noticing stuff? Are you praising the Lord throughout the day?
Today had a pretty rough start to it. Let’s be blunt, last night wasn’t exactly an uplifting night for Republicans. Slow getting up, I ran over to Panera to grab Jodie a Mocha and a scone (don’t get me started on the disgustingness of the scone). I walked back out to my car at the precise moment it started raining. It was one of those cold, sheeting rains from the side. You know, the soaking, make you cold and shivering rains. I took Jodie her food, hopped back in my car, and the windshield wiper promptly popped off. Arg. Now I had to get out of my car, in the cold rain, to fix my windshield wiper blade so that I could see to drive. What a miserable day….
“This is the day the Lord has made; rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24
That’s what ran through my head at that precise moment. Wow, talk about getting smacked over the head by the Lord! I took that moment to praise Him for being a sovereign, loving God.
When we gather Sunday morning, our worship should be a corporate continuation of what we’ve been doing all week long. Too often we get into a habit of struggling through the week. We get to Sunday having praised him maybe occasionally, rarely or not at all. We wade our way through the foyer, greeting folks, letting them know how great a week we had. We settle into a pew, glance through the bulletin and get ready for another hour or so of worship. Somewhere in the second or third song, we get into it and really start to worship. We listen to the sermon, seeing how far off we are in our lives. We sing a final song, and we’re done. Yep, that’s right, done with worship for the day. We turn around, and start talking about all the things that life has thrown at us in the last week. Though edifying, we notice that often the Lord is far from our lips. As we head out into the world for another week, we vow to do better this week.
Is this the Christian walk? I wonder what our walk would be like if we were to bless the Lord at all times, and praise him continually. As we have been extolling the Lord throughout the week, we would gather on Sunday morning, sharing with each other the blessings of the Lord we’ve seen. We would gather as a body, and magnify the Lord, exalting His name together. May we be that kind of follower of Christ!
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