Psalm 95 This hymn begins with a call to the people to praise the Lord because of His sovereignty above all supposed gods, it continues with a call to worship God because He is the Creator and Shepherd.
For the Lord is great God, and the great King about all gods (v.3). That’s a great affirmation of faith the psalmist wrote as he looked at the heathen gods of other nations.
In his book Your God Is Too Small, J. B. Phillips affirms the greatness of God. If you have a small God, you will have small faith; if you have a great God, you will have great faith—not great faith in your faith but great faith in a great God. If God truly is a great God, then how should we respond to His greatness?
Thank Him (v.2). Be thankful that He is a great God. Note that His greatness extends to creation (v.4). Isn’t it good to know that God is a God of the depths as well as a God of the heights? When we are living on the mountaintop, He is there. When we are down in the valley, He is there (v.5). I am glad that my God is God of the changing places, such as the sea, and of the stable places, such as the dryland. No matter where we are, we can experience His greatness.
Sing to Him. “Oh, come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation” (v.1). And worship Him . “Oh, come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker” (v.6)
The greatness of God is the answer to the smallness of man. When you see great sin and great disappointment or when you have a great burden to carry, remember that you are worshipping a great God. As you kneel before Him, He becomes even greater.
