Hey guys, kuya Ted here and I'd like to share with you some devotions and reading materials for us to grow together, though we don't see each other much.

I have longed for us to meet regularly, but it is obvious that it is almost impossible to meet with everyone on a regular basis!

Scripture: Psalm 95 A Call to Worship and Obedience

Intro: We as worship ministers are seldom really worshipers. The Biblical worship leader, though his role is not mentioned in the Bible, is clear in this short passage.

We are to lead, to invite, to encourage people to worship and express their worship to God! It is also obvious that we cannot really lead someone somewhere when we ourselves do not know where we are headed.

We will talk about the theological aspect of the tabernacle, the holy of holies next time but let us go to this wonderful passage. Here’s how we will do this short study: I will give my interpretation on the first verse, and I want you to give your interpretation of the next. That way, we could be interactive! By the way, read from your Bible…

V.1 In my interpretation of this passage, the psalmist sang this to invite people to sing and shout and be joyful to the Rock, or the foundation of their salvation. In our context we should have a mental picture of who Jesus is and what He has done so we could really do this in praise.

V.2 Your turn
V.3-5 I just want to praise God for who He is. He is so great, so awesome, so majestically terrifying, and yet His beauty is beyond description. His love is above understanding; His ways are too deep to comprehend. I am so glad I serve God who owns this world, and myself!

V.6 Your turn

V.7 Another thing that amazes me is that though in this passage, the psalmist is writing about Jews, I am confident that prophetically, he is also talking about the spiritual Jews, who are adopted to the seed of Abraham, the sons and daughters of God who are redeemed by the blood of Jesus… and that’s us! He calls us His own. He wants to be identified as our Father.

V 8 and 9 your turn

V 10 and 11 We all know that the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for forty long, complaining years. They only whined and complained, and did not trust God’s promises.. And that is the reason why they never entered the promised Land. In today’s context, I am sure we are exactly the same as the Israelites…if not even worse. How many times have we seen God do a miracle in our lives, ok maybe not a miracle for you, but have given you grace (which by the way is a miracle!) and you unknowingly passed over and not appreciate His gift? We don’t see the everyday scientific miracles in our bodies and even in nature, and in the cosmos, what we see is only our petty problems. But most of us have seen the great miracles of God in the Bible, we only have to believe it! Its sad because most of us consider those as bed time stories, children’s fables and literary fiction works. THEY ARE LITERALLY TRUE! They happened! We actually sin when we do not treat God’s Word with our full belief and acceptance. Now, going back, we see and know God is able to make miracles and is making miracles in our lives but we see God as nothing, and we doubt His care and His plans for us. We think that we are not heard, nor is noticed by God. We think of Him as a distant God, and we only value Him when we are blessed. Sad, but true.

Notice I used “we”? Yes, because I am one of those who are wilderness doubters, wanderers, faithless geeks. But I choose today not to be that. I want to walk in faith. In His light. Because I want to enter His REST. A place where we can be together. And my challenge for you today and this week, is to enter His rest by knowing Him more, and being more attentive to His everyday works in our lives, and believe again. Believe in Him again.