Be Worshipful, Not Worried
November 4th, 2020(Day 3 in our Election Week 2020 Encouragement series)
“In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You, for You will answer me. There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like Yours. All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and they shall glorify Your name. For you are great and do wondrous deeds; You alone are God” (Psalms 86:7-10).
As we sat down to write this on October 8, we had no way of knowing what we know now as you read this. It’s the day after the election, and what we have all awakened to this morning was known to the Lord and is in His control. The person who is now (or soon will be confirmed as) our president is there because God put him there. God knows what He is doing. He knows all things; He is omniscient (Please read: 1 John 3:20; Job 42:2; Ps. 44:21; Heb. 4:13).
The unknowns and limitations we experience on our side of this life are reasons enough to call us to worship a sovereign, merciful, and gracious God—we cannot know our future, and He has planned our future; we are small, and He is great; we are weak, and He is strong; we are in need and He has promised to provide. Worshiping Him is only right. He alone is God!
But more importantly, it’s what we do know that most influences us to bow our hearts in humble adoration of Jesus. We know Him as the One who knew no sin and yet became sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. 5:21).
Perhaps we are finding that this, like the Psalmist’s time, is a day of trouble. Let us ask you, what does scripture say is the one thing which should be the only thing that keeps us from worshiping Him? NOTHING! That’s the one thing—nothing. No matter what we experience or what happens around us, we are called to worship the Lord because of Who He is and because of Whose we are. Stand firm, beloved, on these twin truths, because they never change…by God’s guarantee.
The Psalmist knew where to go in his day of trouble. Rehearse with him the truths of his heart’s worship: “…You will answer me…There is no One like You…nor are there any works like Yours…All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You…O Lord…and they shall glorify Your name…For you are great and do wondrous deeds…You alone are God.” Do you believe all of this about God and about your own life before Him?
This is the greater reality of your awesome God. In His perfect time, people whom God has saved from all the nations whom the Lord has made will come to worship and glorify Him. For now, we are those people, and that’s our role and privilege: to model to everyone and to anyone our own heart of worship to the One who is great and who does wonderous deeds, the One who alone is God.
Put your eyes on Him (Col. 3:1-4). Reflect a bit on how the Lord has faithfully shown you His favor, that He is great and does wondrous deeds in your life. Count your blessings, worship Him, and take comfort that He alone is God…your God.