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Psalm 116:16a "O LORD, truly I am Your servant..."

Day 260 – Psalm 116

“O LORD, truly I am Your servant…” Psalm 116:16a

SERVING THE LORD

The psalmist found a new sense of commitment to serve the Lord.

“O LORD, truly I am Your servant;
I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant;
You have loosed my bonds.
I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the LORD.”
Psalm 116:16-17

1. Serving the Lord

a) Service was offered humbly.
i) “I am Your servant” (Repetition of this commitment to serve the Lord.)
ii) “The son of Your maidservant” (To signify how the psalmist saw himself. He was but an unworthy and lowly person.)
b) Reason for service was highlighted
i) God had delivered him from death.
ii) God had loosed his bonds.

2. Worship contemplated and given

a) It would be characterized by “the sacrifice of thanksgiving”.
i) This was God’s own express desire.
ii) He desires spiritual worship (and not ritualistic worship; Psalm 50:14-15).
b) There would be a constant calling upon the name of the Lord.
i) In prayer
ii) In praise
iii) In supplication
iv) In sheer gratitude, fulfilling vows
v) The name of the Lord would always be hallowed and glorified.