My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?Why are you so far away when I groan for help?
Every day I call to you, my God, but you do not answer.Every night you hear my voice, but I find no relief.
Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. Psalm 22:1-3 (NLT)
In her book Extravagant Worship, Darlene Zschech contends: “The Word says that God inhabits the praises of his people (Psalm 22:3). It’s amazing to think that God, in all his fullness, inhabits and dwells in our praises of him. . . Our praise is irresistible to God. As soon as he hears us call his name, he is ready to answer us. That is the God we serve. . . Even though we live in his presence, his love is lavished on us in a miraculous way when we praise him.”
Psalm 100 says: Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth.Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (NLT)
God is so in love with us that He inhabits us, and that intensifies when we praise and worship Him. It’s a relationship in action! He doesn’t need our praise or worship, but we feel His pleasure when we worship Him. It’s not about feelings! It’s about being with God in our praise of Him.
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