RECOGNISE THE LORD

Psalm 96:7-10 NLT 

O nations of the world, recognise the Lord;

recognise that the Lord is glorious and strong. 

Give to the Lord the glory he deserves. 

Bring your offering and come into his courts. 

Worship the Lord in all his holy splendor. 

Let all the nations tremble before him.

Have you had one of those moments when you answer the phone and you don’t recognise the voice? You know you should know who it is but you have to ask! That happened to me recently and I felt very embarrassed as I knew the person well!

 God has given us all the natural ability to recognise one another, either our faces or our voices even though we’re all different. The Psalmist here is calling the nations to recognise the Lord which in today’s society and in his own day, was a big thing. He lived among idol worshippers, among pagan people who had no time for the Lord God just like they don’t seem to have time for God in our day.

The thing is, people will never know how great our God is unless we tell them.😊 They won’t know He is glorious and strong, that He forgives them and loves them. V.10 says “Tell all the nations, “The Lord reigns!” The world stands firm and cannot be shaken. He will judge all peoples fairly.

There is coming a day when every knee will bow to the name of Jesus, when every person will indeed realise and recognise our God as the Lord of all Lords, as the King of Kings forever. Our part is to let them know, like Noah warning the people before the flood, that one day we will all have to stand before Him and tell Him what we did with Jesus. Did we put all our trust in Him or did we go our own way and do our own thing? God tells us there is only one way in to His heaven and it’s only through Jesus.

Lord please help us to invite people to know and recognise Jesus for who He is, and for us all to recognise You more and more in our own lives as each day goes by, and give You all the glory. In Jesus Name. Amen.

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