Worthiness (9 of 9)
Series: Look Up
Dave Gustavsen
Psalm 146
Good morning, and welcome to The Chapel. We have been spending the summer of 2019 walking through the book of Psalms, and one of the reasons the Psalms are so popular and so beloved is that they connect really well with the emotions that all of us have. So we've looked at Psalms that deal with stress and guilt and fear and envy and sadness, among other things. And in every case, the Psalm starts with that emotion, but then it invites us to look up and understand our emotions in light of a bigger picture that's defined by God. And that's why we're calling the series, ''Look Up.''
So today, we're going to finish our series with a Psalm that deals with another universal human emotion, and it's this: our natural desire to worship. Human beings have an inherent need to worship someone or something outside of themselves. Now: if you are an atheist or an agnostic, you might be thinking, ''That's not true of me. I don't worship anything.'' But that's because you have an overly narrow definition of what ''worship'' means. And we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. So humans are hardwired to worship something, but here's the problem: not everything that we try to worship can bear the weight of our worship. And sometimes we don't realize that until it's too late. So Psalm 146 helps us to clarify what's truly worthy of our worship.
Just an interesting side note: starting with Psalm 146, all the way to Psalm 150, so the last five Psalms-have something in common. You know what it is? They all start with the phrase ''praise the Lord,'' and they all end with the phrase ''praise the Lord.'' You know what that phrase is in Hebrew? Hallelujah. So these last five psalms are sometimes called the ''Hallelujah Psalms.'' So as we get to the end of the longest book in the Bible; it's like God is shouting at us: make sure you get this worship thing right!
So-let's start by reading the Psalm-Psalm 146. Hear ...
Series: Look Up
Dave Gustavsen
Psalm 146
Good morning, and welcome to The Chapel. We have been spending the summer of 2019 walking through the book of Psalms, and one of the reasons the Psalms are so popular and so beloved is that they connect really well with the emotions that all of us have. So we've looked at Psalms that deal with stress and guilt and fear and envy and sadness, among other things. And in every case, the Psalm starts with that emotion, but then it invites us to look up and understand our emotions in light of a bigger picture that's defined by God. And that's why we're calling the series, ''Look Up.''
So today, we're going to finish our series with a Psalm that deals with another universal human emotion, and it's this: our natural desire to worship. Human beings have an inherent need to worship someone or something outside of themselves. Now: if you are an atheist or an agnostic, you might be thinking, ''That's not true of me. I don't worship anything.'' But that's because you have an overly narrow definition of what ''worship'' means. And we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. So humans are hardwired to worship something, but here's the problem: not everything that we try to worship can bear the weight of our worship. And sometimes we don't realize that until it's too late. So Psalm 146 helps us to clarify what's truly worthy of our worship.
Just an interesting side note: starting with Psalm 146, all the way to Psalm 150, so the last five Psalms-have something in common. You know what it is? They all start with the phrase ''praise the Lord,'' and they all end with the phrase ''praise the Lord.'' You know what that phrase is in Hebrew? Hallelujah. So these last five psalms are sometimes called the ''Hallelujah Psalms.'' So as we get to the end of the longest book in the Bible; it's like God is shouting at us: make sure you get this worship thing right!
So-let's start by reading the Psalm-Psalm 146. Hear ...
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