"In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever." - Psalm 44:8
From time to time, I give you all a warning. So here's your warning: This one may seem dumb to you. So, I'll make the point right now.
Point: God made us all to love to praise the Lord.
So, there ya go; that's the point of our verse, "In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever." (Psalm 44:8)
For those who want to read on out of curiosity, here ya go.
I like playing with words in a nonsensical sort of way, especially with the words that make names...anything to help people connect with another.
For example, when Donia and Donna were walking toward the worship sanctuary almost right next to each other, I said, "Hey, you two are almost related because you both have a 'D' and 'O' and 'N' and 'A' in your names." Everybody groaned, but then they met each other and, based on experience, they'll never forget each others' names. Anything to help people connect with another.
On a more famous scale, much has been made of the famous football quarterback, Tim Tebow. After every touchdown that Tebow either throws to someone or he himself runs, Tebow stops and bows his head and praises God.
Even though you pronounce his last name like iced tea (Teeee) and a rainbow (Bow) for "Tebow", I like to have fun with it and say, "Tim (Teeee) bows his head (bow) in praise to God. He's 'TeeeeBow'." Ya know, like Tim bows his head; he's Teeeebow. Get it? I told you it was dumb.
But hey, I don't do this stupid kind of stuff just to be stupid. I do it because I'll do anything that's moral to help people connect with another. In this case, anything to help people connect with THE other, that is GOD!!!
See, I don't know Tim Tebow personally, but you can feel his spirit in everything that he does, on and off the football field. And clearly a lot of people are watching his every move both on and off the football field. And clearly Tim Tebow knows it, so he too will do anything that's moral to help people connect with another. In this case, anything to help people connect with THE other, that is GOD!!!
I think Tim (Teee) bows to praise God (bow) for a reason. "TeBows" to remind us that "WeBow", to remind us that God made us all to love to bow our heads in praise to God.
Here are some Bible passages that testify to this truth, where WeBow and praise God and love every moment of it:
Genesis 24:48 - I bowed down and worshiped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master Abraham...
2 Samuel 18:28 - He bowed down before the king with his face to the ground and said, "Praise be to the LORD your God! He has delivered up the men who lifted their hands against my lord the king."
1 Chronicles 29:20 - Then David said to the whole assembly, "Praise the LORD your God." So they all praised the LORD, the God of their fathers; they bowed low and fell prostrate before the LORD...
2 Chronicles 29:30 - So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped.
Nehemiah 8:6 - all the people lifted their hands and responded, "Amen! Amen!" Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Psalm 66:4 - All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name.
Psalm 138:2 - I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.
Tim Tebow does not boast about himself when he does something good. Instead he lives the call of God in 1 Corinthians 1:31, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."
"TeBows" to remind us that "WeBow". "Tebows" to remind us that God made us all to love to bow our heads in praise to God. He will do anything that's moral to help people connect with another. In this case, anything to help people connect with THE other, that is GOD!!!
"In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever." - Psalm 44:8
Praise God!
Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson
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