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.
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
And thy (Jacob) seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him (Jacob) thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
And I (LORD) will make thy (Isaac) seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.