February 10, 2017
There is no more vital thing for the people of God to consider than worship, observes Alistair Begg, for it is the constant activity of heaven and the chief business of the church on earth. God cares deeply about whether we worship, the object of our adoration, and the manner of our praise. When we engage both our minds and hearts and ensure that our offering is grounded in the truth of Scripture, our worship can be pleasing and acceptable to God.
22hI will tell of your name to my ibrothers;
in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
23You who jfear the Lord, praise him!
All you offspring of Jacob, kglorify him,
and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!
24For he has not despised or abhorred
the affliction of lthe afflicted,
and he has not mhidden his face from him,
but has heard, when he ncried to him.
25From you comes my praise in the great ocongregation;
my pvows I will qperform before those who fear him.
26rThe afflicted4 shall seat and be satisfied;
those who seek him shall praise the Lord!
May your hearts tlive forever!
27All uthe ends of the earth shall remember
and turn to the Lord,
and all vthe families of the nations
shall worship before you.
28For wkingship belongs to the Lord,
and he rules over the nations.
29All xthe prosperous of the earth eat and worship;
before him shall ybow all who go down to the dust,
even the one who could not zkeep himself alive.
30Posterity shall serve him;
it shall be told of the Lord to the coming ageneration;
31they shall bcome and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet cunborn,
that he has done it.
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