Then, he gave powerful reasons and sound logic for us to show our devotion and love to God. The Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. His possessions are the depths of the earth and the heights of the mountains. The very sea belongs to Him because He made both the sea and the dry land.
It is then befitting of us to worship, to bow down and kneel before the Lord, our Maker. Why—because He is our God, and we are His people, the sheep of His own hand by virtue of the simple fact that He created us.
Next, the tenor of the psalmist shifted from a plea for devotion to a sense of warning. He said if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as your fathers did at Meribah, as on the day at Massah, putting God to the test. Do not put Him to the proof when you have seen His mighty works.
God found the Israelites to be a people who would go astray and forget His ways. Because of this, God held a loathing for even His people so that He swore in wrath that they would not enter into the land of rest and peace, which He had intended for them. For 40 years, God kept them wandering in the wilderness until all who had railed against His way, His love and truth had died. Only the faithful followers of God could proceed to the land of promise.
The invitation of the Psalmist still calls to us today. “Oh come let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation.” Come into the presence of the Mighty God with songs of praise and devotion. Let us have hearts brimming over with thanksgiving for the love, mercy, purpose and direction that only God our Designer and Creator could have for each of us.
