Bless The Lord, O My Soul, O Lord my God, Thou Art Very Great; Thou Art Clothed With Honour And Majesty - Part 2030

"The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing." (Psalm 65:13)

What is the song that radiates from the souls? Yes, "bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God ... Thou art very great; Thou art clothed with Honour and Majesty." (Psalm 104:1)

"Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as Head above all." (I Chronicles 29:11)

It is no wonder we jump for joy, and that we are stirred in our hearts with compassion and grief when we hear someone curse the blessed, most holy and precious Name of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus the Christ. Because He is the Creator of this universe and all that is within -- the same Spirit of the Lord that moved upon the face of the waters in Genesis -- but also the same God that became the visible image in the form of a Son in this current New Testament dispensation of grace. For this reason alone, He is our all in all.

His Name? JESUS, for He shall save His people from their sins. Emmanuel, being interpreted, God with us. (Matthew 1:21-23)

But there are those who deny that this same Lord God in the Old Testament, His Majesty that is exalted as Head above all willingly took our place on a cross, having made the ultimate purchase -- paid for with His precious, holy blood so that we might be saved. Indeed, yes, He purchased us with His own blood. (Acts 20:28)

In so doing, He offered to His creation the free gift of salvation -- if our hearts would only turn to Him.

"His glory is great in Thy salvation: honour and majesty hast Thou laid upon Him." (Psalm 21:5)

But I digress. My point is this. Until we abide in Him, as Jesus so clearly said, we will never be able to rest in the peace and joy that only He can give to us. Why? Because when the Lord God created man in the beginning, and formed us within our mother's womb, He gave us a purpose. That purpose is to worship Him, and adore Him, and praise Him, and to give Him all the honour and glory and praise in all things (both good and bad) -- in this dispensation of grace -- with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and then from His love flowing through our very essence, to love one another. 

As the first commandment states, "Hear O Israel, the Lord thy God is One Lord!" (Deuteronomy 6:4; Mark 12:29-31) 

For Thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever, amen. 

Indeed, "the Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, [wherewith] He hath girded Himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved." (Psalm 93:1)

This is the very reason we who believe take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood." (Acts 20:28)

His love and presence in our very being brings forth the song wherein we sing -- bless the Lord O my soul, O Lord my God Thou art very great. 

Stand in the offering plate.