If you are reading Psalm 95, the first thing you might notice is that little invitation “come.” The song begins with that invitation.
“Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him” [vs 1-2 NLT]
Then the psalmist goes on to tell us why we should sing, shout, praise and thank him. “For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains. The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too.” [vs 3-5 NLT]
Yes, our God is the Great God and King. All creation belongs to Him alone. Suddenly, though, the psalmist extends another invitation to “come.” And this time it is because he remembers that it isn’t only the physical creation that belongs to God, it is us.
“Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care.” [vs 6-7 NLT]
When we worship, bow down, and kneel before the LORD, we surrender our lives to Him. He is our Creator and God, but suddenly with that surrender He is also our Great Shepherd. We enter that people “He watches over,” and become part of that “flock under his care.”
What JOY(!) to know Him not only as Creator, but also as Jesus, our Great Shepherd!
