DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- WORSHIP AND PRAISE

DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- WORSHIP AND PRAISE

"All the earth shall worship you and sing praises to You; they shall sing praises to Your name." (Psalm 66:4)

We don't know who wrote this psalm, but whoever it was indicated that praise and worship are related, but there is a difference between them. David worshiped God by singing out the honor of His name – Who He is. But he also praised God, saying, "How awesome are Your works!" (vss. 2-3) . He spoke of God's greatness and how that greatness was manifested by His works.

Worship is declaring Who God is. He is Almighty. He is holy. He is Righteous and Just. He is all-powerful. He is love. He is good. He is unchanging. He is eternal. He is present in the here and now – omnipresent. And we go on and on with a long list of other attributes and perfections of God.

Praise is extolling Him for what He does. What He does flows out of Who He is. Because He is good, He does good things. Because He is righteous, everything He does is right. Because He is all-powerful, He can do miracles.

When we come into God's presence, we need to have a balance of worship and praise, declaring both Who He is and What He has done. He is great and He does great things.

A hymn that demonstrates worship is, "O Worship the King, all glorious above and gratefully sing His power and His love. Our shield and defender the ancient of days, pavillioned in splendor and girded with praise. O tell of His might; O sing of His grace. Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space. His chariots of wrath the deep thunder-clouds form, and dark is His path on the wings of the storm."

And then we sing praise songs like, "To God be the glory great things He hath done, so loved He the world that He gave us His son, who yielded His life an atonement for sin, and opened the life's gate that all may go in. Praise, the Lord, Praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice. O come to the Father through Jesus the Son, and give Him the glory, great things He hath done."

We worship our majestic God and praise Him for His marvelous works.

Love, Dad