A few days ago I was reading Psalm 71 and it just reached out and grabbed me and spoke to me in a way it hadn't before, having read it at well over 100 times in my life. I marked it, thinking I needed to come back to it and blog about it. This Psalm talks about how God is our rock, protection and hope...and that we trust fully in Him. I had remembered this particular Psalm because of the reference in verse 18 about being old and gray, asking God to "let me proclaim your power to this new generation, . . ." But the phrase . . . "all the day long" throughout this Psalm reached out, grabbed me and slapped me around.
Starting in the middle of verse 6 . . . he says, "My praise shall be continually of You. I have become as a wonder to many, but You are my strong refuge. Let my mouth be filled with Your praise and with Your glory 'all the day'."
Then in verse 14 . . . he picks up with . . . "I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more. My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness and Your salvation 'all the day'."
And in verse 22 . . . "Also with the lute I will praise You - and Your faithfulness, O my God! To You I will sing with the harp, O Holy One of Israel. My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You, and my soul, which you have redeemed. My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness 'all the day long'; . . ."
Wow, can you imagine how it would change our "days" and our "worship" if we would consciously "practice the presence of God" by continually praising Him, telling of His righteousness and salvation, singing of His faithfulness, rejoicing in Him with our mouth and hearts full of His praise and His glory?! That would be Worship - All the Day Long! . . . and it would change our lives.
Just a thought. mjm
