Give to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
1 Chronicles 16:29
Recommended Reading: 1 Chronicles 16:31-36
After David became king of Israel, he made Jerusalem the spiritual center of the nation. The ark of the covenant was in the house of Obed-Edom, outside of Jerusalem. With great joy, unending music, and colorful worship, the ark entered Jerusalem. David gave his musicians a song to sing—the one recorded in 1 Chronicles 16. It’s full of exuberance, with sentences like, “Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; and let them say among the nations, ‘The Lord reigns’” (verse 31).
The Lord does reign, and one day He will return, and His return will be far more praiseworthy than the moving of the ark. But we don’t have to wait until then to worship the Lord in the beauty of His holiness. We can worship Him now. When we praise the Lord, it keeps us focused on eternal realities amid the chaos around us.
Why don’t you say among the nations (or the neighbors) today: “The Lord reigns!”
We are saved to worship God. All that Christ has done in the past and all that He is doing now leads to this one end.
A. W. Tozer
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