“O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand….” Psalm 95:1-7a
In Hosea 8:14, we read that “Israel hath forgotten his Maker.” These words are not only true of Old Testament Israel at the time of Hosea the prophet; they are true of us today.
As a nation and people, we have forgotten our Maker and we neglect to give Him the glory and praise due unto His name. And that is even evident on Thanksgiving Day as so many say they are thankful but fail to come and give thanks to the LORD (Jehovah) God of the Bible.
We need to remember that “the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture” (Psalm 100:3).
Not only did He create all things and form us in our mothers’ wombs (Ps. 139:13-16), He redeemed us through the innocent sufferings and death of Christ Jesus, God the Son, that we might have forgiveness for all our sins and again be alive to God and worship His name.
In spite of man’s attempts to escape this fact, the truth still remains that the God of the Bible (the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost) has created us and all things by His almighty word (Gen.
1-2; Neh. 9:6). God has made us; He gave His Son to redeem us; we rightfully belong to Him, and we are accountable to Him!
Isn’t it about time we remember our Creator;
look to Him to forgive our sins for the sake of the holy life and bitter sufferings and death of the Son, Christ Jesus, and then worship and serve Him with our lives!
If we do not humbly kneel before Him now, we shall be humbled and kneel before Him on the Last Day when He executes His judgment upon all people (cf. Phil. 2:5-11).
O Almighty God, our Maker and Redeemer, for the sake of Christ Jesus, our Savior, forgive us for our many sins against You, and grant that we might kneel before You and worship You both now and forevermore in heaven! Amen.
News, Pages 2 on 11/27/2013