The Great King

I was listening to Sons of Korah yet again this afternoon while doing office work, specifically their version of Psalm 95. I love this Psalm.

Verse 3 says, "For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods." Verses 4 and 5 describe the absolute magnitude of creation, that by his hand they were created and are sustained. Sometimes we forget the sheer magnitude of God. We can't fathom it. This declaration was as gutsy in that day as it is today--there are plenty of religions out there, plenty of other gods out there, plenty of other kings in the world. Here, we are declaring that we are coming to worship Yahweh, the great God, the great King. Do we have a posture in our lives, our worship, our prayer, of kneeling before our great King?

Verse 7 then makes another significant statement: we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. We do not belong to some witless idol. Neither do we belong to ourselves. We are HIS people, we are the privileged people who belong to the great God, the King, the Mighty One. He is our Shepherd.

As verse 2 says, "Let us come before Him with thanksgiving, and extol Him with music and song."