A “model” for authentic, God-pleasing worship… Where can you find them?
Sometimes we who are older abdicate the responsibility for that worship to those who are young… that is a mistake I believe. Don’t get me wrong, I’m genuinely grateful for a younger generation that authentically worships “in Spirit and truth” (John 4:23-24) But I have to tell you, I thrill to see “older saints” enter into a worship opportunity and authentically exalt the Lord!
This morning during my time of “coffee with the Lord” I read the following words in Psalm 71 and jotted this in the margin of my Bible: “Oh may this be true of my worship… 77 years old and counting!”
“You, O Lord, are my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth. Upon You I have leaned from before my birth; You are He who took me from my mother’s womb. My praise is continually of you! My mouth is filled with Your praise, and with Your glory all the day. Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent!
“But I will hope continually and will praise You yet more and more! My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge! With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come; I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone! O GOD, FROM MY YOUTH YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME, AND I STILL PROCLAIM YOUR WONDROUS DEEDS! SO EVEN TO OLD AGE AND GRAY HAIRS, O GOD, DO NOT FORSAKE ME, UNTIL I PROCLAIM YOUR MIGHT TO ANOTHER GENERATION, YOUR POWER TO ALL THOSE TO COME!” (From Psalm 71 ESV)
Gonna do it! I want to be a “model of authentic, God-pleasing worship!”
Coffee With The Lord 