AUG 1

Psalm 66
Memorise Philippians 2:9-10
“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow”

Sometimes, when your school has a special function or event, they would invite a guest-of-honour to grace the occasion, and maybe give a speech. He would be called the VIP, and special preparations would be made to ensure that he is honoured. The more important the person, the more frenzied the preparations will be. Especially so if he is a Member of Parliament or a local celebrity, or maybe even the President or Prime Minister. There would be a buzz of excitement throughout the school, for they know that this important person is coming.

We know how to honour other men in this world. But how about honouring the God of the Universe, the Almighty Creator, the one true living God? What do we do in our lives to honour the God who loves us, who sent His only begotten son to die for us, that we may live?

Psalm 66 gives us a good guideline as to how we ought to honour the name of our God. Primarily it is a Psalm of praise, whereby we are all exhorted to “make a joyful noise unto God”. We declare His greatness, worship Him, and sing praises to His name. However, a deeper praise and more meaningful worship can only come when we know more about how great and powerful God really is. Only then will we be able to praise and bless Him with understanding.

Besides praise and worship, we are also to offer sacrifices to God (v. 13- 15). We must not look upon this as simply the giving of our tithes and offerings, but also the giving up of our whole lives as a living sacrifice unto God. It means we surrender all that we have and are to Him, and allow Him to be the Lord and master of our lives. It means we no longer do what we want to do, but we do what He wants us to do, for in so doing, we honour and glorify His name through our testimony.

Finally, we strive to have a pure heart that does not regard any iniquity at all in it. For in so doing, we have a relationship with Him through prayer, and you would be able to declare to all what wonderful things He has done for your soul.

Thought: We must worship, obey and pray!
Prayer: Lord, help me see and understand Your greatness, and desire to honour Your name with my whole life.