Who Reigns? Embracing God's Sovereignty in Our Lives

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Well, to answer the question, who's your king? The psalmist enters in chapter 29 here, and David gives usa good explanation of who we ought to be glorifying as the king, who it is that we ought to praise, who it is we ought to honor, glorify, and worship. It's a clear illustration about who it is that we ought to be in awe of and who it is that is rightfully king.And this morning and always, that is God Almighty. [00:27:31] (39 seconds)  #OnlyGodIsKing

And as you begin to walk through this psalm, you want to be sure not to miss that we should only be attributing kingship and praise and honor and glory to the God who creates, to the God who saves, to the God whose power is unmistakable, and the God who brings a peace and a strength to those that he calls his own. [00:28:09] (23 seconds)  #EnthronementPraise

See, this psalm, it could technically be described as a psalm of praise.But I think David takes it to another level.This is a psalm about enthronement.Psalm 29, it's a celebration. It's a celebration of divine kingship, of God's sovereignty. It's tone, it stresses to us the significance of the God that we serve and the king over creation that he is.And so this morning, I pray that you would see the sheer awesomeness, the awesomeness of the voice of the Lord, that we would be able to spend this time together and we would cultivate a reverent awe of God to the point where it's him alone who captures our hearts and directs our lives as our one true king. [00:28:33] (57 seconds)  #RunAfterGod

Church, hear me this morning. Our God, our God is infinite. He's infinite in perfection. The weight of that reality ought to drive our desire to show him praise. His glory, his glory is infinite. He is our Lord, he is our king, he is our God. Our worship should be characterized as running after God. [00:33:37] (30 seconds)  #WorshipEveryday

So what's the question? Well, the question is, is that happening in your day -to -day life?Is that happening right here this morning as we worship, as we hear the word proclaimed, as we take the Lord's Supper, as we do everything church on Sunday?Are we running after God?Do we run after God just on Sunday and then hang it up and the Bible goes on the shelf for the rest of the week and then we come back the next Sunday?Or are we running after God every single day because of who he is?Is that happening in your walk day -to -day? Are you running after God in worship? Have you ever spent time thinking about how you worship the Lord?So this morning I urge you, consider your worship of the Lord because it matters. It matters. Where on your list of priorities is bringing glory to God? [00:34:07] (61 seconds)  #GodsPowerRevealed

And in three through nine, really the picture that's painted is this picture of a storm. God is like a storm here. He's described as a storm. Think with me about where we live.Think with me about the seasons that we experience here in Virginia Beach.We get all four, don't we? We get hurricanes. We get blizzards.But when I read this psalm, what really stuck out to me was this sort of season where it changed. We have a change of seasons from spring to summer.And we have these thunderstorms that occur that are just, they're overwhelming. [00:36:08] (36 seconds)  #HeedHisWarning

So how do I become his people?We could ask, how do I get right with God? And the reality isthat we don't give God the glory due his name.That we are preoccupied with all the things of this world, whether it be football or our careers or our ambitions.Whether it be thinking that we're a good person and just trying to do good things.We don't always give God the glory that's due his name. We don't always see the awesomeness of his power. So what's the answer? How do I get right with God? [00:41:53] (41 seconds)  #GospelBringsPeace

Jesus, the Lord, Jesus, the King. Church, he has come down. He has served. He has sacrificed. And through the blood of the cross, praise God. He has made peace with God for all of our sins. [00:43:59] (18 seconds)  #GratitudeAndGospel

So as his people, we can and we should adore and praise the Lord as king. We should let him rule over our hearts and minds. It should affect how we worship, how we serve, how we study, how we pray, how we support one another. Here at Bayside Baptist Church and also when we leave these four walls. [00:46:20] (27 seconds)

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