Devotion: True Worship – Psalm 50

v7 - I am God, your God.

This is the first thing that we need to understand. This sentence talks of two things

1 - I am God

2 - Your God.

1. He is God

Yes, he is God. With that, what we need to understand is that even before the creation of world there was God.  And even if we are not there he will be there. God's existence doesn’t depend upon us. He is independent of everything in this world.

2. He is our God

The second truth is that - He is our God. He is the one who created us. Not only had he created us he is giving everything for us to live. He has created other things in this world for us to enjoy and rule over them.

v12b - For the whole world is mine and everything that is in it.

As the song says - Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature. Yes, he created everything that we see around us. All we see around us are his property. Every animal in the forest, every cattle, every bird, etc

Failing to understand these two truths we may end up in wrong worship. That’s what happened to Israelites. Their sacrifices and offerings just turned to a set of ceremonies.  They thought they can please God with their sacrifices. Their heart did not go with their offerings. He didn’t complain of the object to be offered but for the spirit in which it was brought.

Let us examine our worship? Are we worshipping understanding who God is? We may not be doing any sacrifice or offering as they did. But the spirit with which we sing a song, or praise him should be spiritual and pleasing to him. We may not just praise God because that’s the practice every church follows but with a spiritual heart. Then God will be pleased in our worship. Not just worship alone when we give to Lord what is the spirit behind that? God is not dependent upon our money but as a sign of gratitude and with a grateful heart let’s offer our praises and offerings to our God.

3. What God wants from us (v14,15)

This is exactly what God wants from us - Give thanks offerings to God out of a pure heart. That’s the only thing acceptable to God.

v23 - Giving thanks offering = honoring God.

He loves when we put our trust in God when we ask God for help. He likes it when we call upon him. He is asking us to call upon him in the days of trouble.

Let that be a reason for giving praise to our God. He is our deliverer. He wants to get involved in our issues and problems and help us. Let’s thank God because he is our deliverer and He gave permission to call upon him.