1 I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. 2 I will be glad and exult in you . . . – Psalm 9:1-2a
Faith demands all of us. There is no room for any reservation or dual motivation. Worship works best when we let all of us recognize His ownership of our souls. All of us for all of Him.
And this includes the brokenness
When we speak of giving God our “all”, we must not be afraid to give Him the less desirable points of our attitude and demeanor. The sinner and the saint have a home with Him. To worship is to lay before our Creator unhindered, unafraid, and consequently unashamed. He is not surprised by the dark corners we try to hide. We cannot even say He is necessarily angry at his. We can, however, look to Scripture and point to countless times when He was frustrated with hypocrisy. Therefore, a humble sinner finds unlimited grace and relationship, while the hardened actor is incapable of true worship.
“I will recount all of your wonderful deeds”
The more we remember what He has done in the past, the more we can carry into the future with some form of stubborn faith. Often the encouragement we look for in our faith, lays behind us in our rich memory – those moments He found us in dire circumstances. When we have these “God” moments, do we document them, or do we let them pass by with little surprise?
“I will be glad”
When we give Him our all, including our darkness (which is why He came in the first place), and look to our history of His care and favor, we can move into the future with confidence and a persistent gladness.
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