We started this week off with the weight of expectation of the greatest event in history. It ends with all of creation lifting praise to the King. This passage helps us lift our eyes beyond our own circumstances and experience, inviting us to listen as the entire created world lifts His name in worship. Heavens, angels, sun, moon, stars, sea creatures, mountains, trees, rulers, children, young, old, all called to praise the name of the Lord.

God has not abandoned His world, and all of creation knows it. His majesty covers heaven and earth in its entirety; His name, and His name alone, is exalted. The entire universe is teaming with reasons to praise Him.

 Worship, pure worship of our Creator, is bigger than our moods and preferences. We all have days where worship comes easily as we bask in the glow of His goodness and provision. Others it feels more like disciplined obedience long before it feels like the delight it really is. But we don’t worship because it is easy, we worship because He is worthy. We praise Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things … past, present, and future.
 
We praise Him because He has come near and the story of redemption is still moving forward towards restoration.
 
To, today, we end the week where every devotion must end; in a response of worship. Not vague optimism, but praise anchored in the goodness of a Creator God who fulfills His promises and has come near.
 
Let all creation praise the Lord. The King has come, and His name is exalted.

This week has hopefully helped you see the coming of the Lord as a true reason for worship.  What would it look like for your praise to be shaped by the truth of God’s nearness, even when your emotions are slow to follow?

Father, You and Your name alone is exalted in all the earth. Your majesty covers all of heaven and earth. Help me join creation’s praise and worship You with trust, gratitude, and surrender. Amen.