Human Response 602: Worship the Great God

Nehemiah 8:6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground..

Ezra led the assembly of people in worship after the reading of the Law, following the completion of the wall. Ezra blessed the Lord, and the people responded, “Amen.” They lifted up their hands and bowed their head in a posture of worship. The praise and thanksgiving was a genuine response to the great God who did a great thing.

Even though the people worked hard at rebuilding the wall, they gave God the credit for starting and finishing His work. There are many good things that we do, but the response of thanks, praise, and worship prevents us from congratulating ourself. God may have used our time, work, and effort, but it is He who is worshipped for what He did. We spend our lives praising Him for who He is and thanking Him for what He does. Our constant response to God’s daily grace, His finished work of salvation, and His present help in all our troubles is worship. We live a continual life of worship for God is always good. Thus we give credit to whom it belongs.