"I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever. Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom." (Psalm 145:1-3, NIV).
What gives life meaning? Think about that question for a minute. What gives your life meaning?
I am sure that your answer to the questions above are as varied as my readership. Each individual answered that question as it relates to them.
Ultimately however true meaning in life is found only through worship. We don’t often think of worship in those terms and maybe that is why so many today struggle with lack of meaning and purpose. The Bible says, "Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man." (Ecclesiastes 12:13, NIV). Fear God means to reverence Him; to worship Him.
In our Psalm passage David is worshiping God, not just for one hour on Sunday but "every day." Worship is a daily response. In fact, you cannot truly worship on Sunday if your life has not reflected worship during the week. Worship is not an act that we do on Sunday, true worship is a life well lived, and a well lived life is the one which exalts and magnifies the Lord on a daily basis.
One other quick thought on these verses. Look at that last phrase, "His greatness no one can fathom."
There is in this generation the deplorable tendency to reduce God to our level; to whittle away at His character until we reduce Him to manageable proportions. We think we have Him all figured out, that God is in fact Southern Baptist, or Presbyterian, or Methodist, etc. There are even groups that are so convinced they have a handle on Him that they think they can manipulate Him into doing their bidding simply by their positive confession.
The minute you and I get a handle on God, the minute we think we have Him figured out, He ceases to be God! You and I can never fully understand Him. The questions He threw at Job reveal how little we do understand. And those things we do understand about Him we only understand because He has chosen to reveal Himself to us!
As you worship the God of the Universe, make sure that you remember that (1) He is God and you or I are not and (2) even what we do understand (because of His gracious revelation) is only the beginning – "His greatness no one can fathom."
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