Psalm 95

“Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker” (6). Israel’s worship and obedience were rooted in the knowledge that God is the “great King” and “our Maker”, not a magical power to be manipulated. Amazingly, the Creator of heaven, earth, and sea wants us to know him; he is our guiding, loving, Shepherd, and we are “the flock under his care” (7). Refusing God’s care and rejecting his instructions about life are sins that separate us from him (8-11).

“Let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation” (1). Worship flows from our ongoing, daily, grateful dependence on the Creator who sent his Son to save us.