God Promises to Honor Your Faithful Worship

Psalms 50:7, 13-15 “Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God…13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? 14 Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, 15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
 
YOUR relationship with God is always about the strength of your heart’s love for him. His Word often commands all your heart is to love him: Joshua 22:5 But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to obey his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul.” Faithful, true worship expresses this complete heart love. John 4:24 “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”
   God judged that Israel was worshiping with their hands but not their heart. In other words, they were going through the motions of sacrifice. But God knew their heart was not in the sacrifice. “Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?” is a rhetorical question to remind Israel, “I am God your God.”  He is Yahweh – the all-powerful, supreme and complete God. Their sacrifices must be their hearts’ response to the sovereign God, who has formed them to be his people.
   Your heart worship honors the author of the universe who has authored your life. He has written your life story to become a growing testimony of love for him.
   How does your love for God increase? In verses 16-22, God condemns the evil acts of those who neglect him. Let’s turn these sins into ways to build your love for God.
   The LORD wants your heart to recite his law and speak his promises. He desires you love his instruction and keep his words safe in your heart. You are to stay away from adulterers – those who worshiped idols. Use your mouth to speak good. Harness your tongue to truth. Always speak well of your brother. God wants you heart to love all he is. He wants your heart to love all who are his.
   True worship begins with thankfulness. Your heart is thankful beyond measure that God has taken you unto himself. Your thank offering today is a loving response to serve God as he has commanded and gifted you. When you are thankful for God’s salvation, you fulfill your vows to the LORD.
   Be true to God. He will be true to you. Call upon him when you are in trouble, and he will deliver you. God has honored you with his Savior. In turn, honor him with a heart of worship.