Week 23: Worship has no inhibitions.

Is praising God in public hard for you? It is hard to praise Him around non-church people. Why? Do you find it difficult to tell others about your children, grandchildren, or dog? King David wrote in Psalm 108:3-4; “I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. ⁴For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.”

The emphasis during this Worship focus is recognizing and removing all inhibitions about giving thanks and praising God for His many attributes and salvation to the unsaved world. Inhibition means you feel constrained, so you hold back your praise. Sometimes, we hold back our praise because we don’t feel comfortable or we are afraid of what others will think. King David felt no constraint when he worshiped God when the Ark of the Covenant was being brought to Jerusalem. He danced and shouted to the point that his outer clothing fell off (2 Sam.6).

Some people seem naturally outgoing and uninhibited about praising God in front of others. If you feel inhibited, ask God to show you what constrains you from being thankful and praising God in front of people. We should be more concerned about showing our love for God than what people think. We will spend eternity with God, so it only matters what He thinks.

In the last post, we learned that we praise God because he is good and has enduring love. This week, we will understand that we are to be thankful and praise God because His love is steadfast and so great it extends above the heavens. That God’s faithfulness reaches to the clouds. What does that mean? It means we can trust that God is full of faithfulness and love toward us, even when we are not faithful to Him. And that He loves us even when we are sinners. We know God hates our sins, but He loves each of us. By acknowledging our sins, seeking His forgiveness, and repenting then we will be reconciled to Him.

Why do I feel inhibited to praise God and give a testimony of God’s greatness? If I really loved God with all my heart, mind, soul, and strength and loved others, then I would not want to hide my praise and thanksgiving about what God has done and is doing and can do in their lives. If they reject me or think I am a radical, then so be it. We are called to share our praises and testimony with others, and God will do the rest.

This week, as you praise and worship God, share your thankfulness about what God is doing in your life with others. The more you do this, the greater love you show God.

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WEEK 23 – June 4 – June 10

Day 155-June 4—Worship God who is with you in all your troubles.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. –Isaiah 43:2

Day 156-June 5—Worship God for making all things new in your life.

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. ¹⁹ Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” –Isaiah 43:18-19.

Day 157-June 6—Worship God for carrying you from birth to old age.

“Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne by me from before your birth, carried from the womb; even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.” –Isaiah 46:3-4

Day 158-June 7—Worship God for establishing his purpose in your life.

“Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors, remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’ calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.” –Isaiah 46:8-11

Day 159-June 8—Worship God’s redemption and lead you in the way you should go.

Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go. –Isaiah 48:17

Day 160-June 9—Worship God’s comfort and compassion.

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted. –Isaiah 49:13

Day 161-June 10—Worship God for teaching you His Word.

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. –Isaiah 50:4

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All verses are from the English Standard Bible. To review the previous weeks, go to the 365 Days of Worship Page. This material is copyright protected.