But because the Lord loved you, and because He would keep the oath which He had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I (Moses) teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you.
And the Lord said unto me, Fear him (King Og of Bashan) not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: He knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them;
And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.
If we truly love God with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength, True Worship will occur! Loving God in such ways means we will passionately want to please Him. Loving Him in such ways is part of God’s process of teaching us how to worship. It is part of how He draws us closer and closer to Himself. This process is part of God’s design and His Master Plan of salvation for us, and for all of mankind.
Knowing God, and knowing how to worship Him, does involve a deep, abiding love for Him. The author of Psalm 18 knew how to express it quite well. Let us follow that example.
Psalm 18:1 I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
Psalm 18:2-3 (2) The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. (3) I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Psalm 22:25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
God’s worship was never meant to be compartmentalized. It is to be ongoing, and ever overflowing throughout our daily lives. We are to be worshipping our Great God in our most private moments as well as during the times when we are completely and entirely public in expressing our love and faith.
Let us be faithful and open to God in our private moments of prayer, in our study of His Word, and in our joyful worship. And, let us NEVER be ashamed of our devotion to God in our public worship.
Psalm 119:80,116 (80) Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. (116) Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Romans 10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.