Psalms 5

INTRO: So why do we do worship? Why bother? Who cares? Who knows? Let me tell you God knows, He cares, He is worth the effort and we worship for Him and our selves.

I want to look today at worship. Just a small part of worship. What is in it for us? There are many good things about worship. We reap many things. I want to spend a little time dealing with it today.

Psalms 5 ¹ Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
² Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
³ My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
⁴ For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
⁵ The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
⁶ Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing [falshoods]: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
⁷ But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
⁸ Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
⁹ For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
¹⁰ Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
¹¹ But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
¹² For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

He is a God who hears - vs. 1-3

Who is upright - vs. 4-6

Who demands our worship (by existence) - vs. 7

Who helps us follow Him - vs. 8

Who will judge - vs. 9-10

Who is worthy of our praise - vs. 11

Who protects us - vs. 12

Worship helps us do a needed action in our lives…
Praise and Worshipping God

Psa 29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

Psa 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.

Not only does it help us to point or look to Christ, it helps us to…
Personify Christ

Luke 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

Also, know that worship helps us to…
Pursue happiness with your family

Psa 122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

Good worship will always cause you to…
Practice what you preach

Luke 24:52-53 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
⁵³And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

It is a good start to…
Prepare to live with God

Psa 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

And last, it helps us to…
Persevere (keep on keeping on)

Psa 84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee.