Foundational Worship

Ezra 1; Psalms 84-85; Luke 7 

“When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their place to praise the Lord, as prescribed by David, king of Israel. With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord:  ‘He is good; his love to Israel endures forever.’”

Ezra 3:10, 11

Foundations are important. The worship ceremony which accompanied the laying of the temple’s foundation recalled David’s ceremony when he first made provision for the temple and ordered its worship to be sung into the foundations of the temple as reminders of God’s goodness and covenant love.

What have we built our lives upon?

At the foundation of our lives, do we believe that God is good and his covenant love endures forever?

What we believe about God is foundational to what we believe about ourselves and how we live our lives. God is good all the time, even when he disciplines us so that we might share in his holiness.

“Lord God, thank you! You are good and your love endures forever to me, for your glory.”