Let Us

Psalm 95:1-7

1 Come, LET US sing for joy to the Lord; LET US shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.  2 LET US come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.  3 For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.  4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.  5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.  6 Come, LET US bow down in worship, LET US kneel before the Lord our Maker; 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.

I love this passage of Scripture!  One reason I love it is because the focus is on our great God!  God is worthy of our praise.  God is worthy of our worship.  Another reason I love this passage is because of two words that are repeated throughout these seven verses: "LET US."  This is not just a call to individual praise and worship; this is corporate call to praise and worship.  This is the body of Christ praising God together, worshiping God together.  I love being with my church family for fellowship and for worship.  I am encouraged by my brothers and sisters in Christ, and I always look forward to meeting them with the purpose of praising and worshiping our great God!  God created us as communal beings.  He created us for relationship.  Our primary relationship should be with God.  However, God created us for relationship with one another, as well.  God created us with community in mind.

If you are not taking advantage of corporate praise and worship with a church family, I want to encourage you to find a church family and plug into that church family.  It will give you a chance to be encouraged by others, and it will give you a chance to encourage others.  There is nothing like praising and worshiping God with other believers!  Five times in Psalm 95 the psalmist says, "LET US," and those two words are followed by these words: "sing," "shout," "come," "bow," and "kneel." We are called by God to corporate praise and worship, active praise and worship.  Today I pray that we will embrace the psalmist's words in Psalm 95: "LET US!"  I pray that we will live out the psalmist's words in Psalm 95: "LET US!"