Human Response 670: Worship in Mercy and Fear

Psalm 5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy; and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

Evildoers will not dwell with God, the foolish will not stand in His sight, and liars will be destroyed. Unbelievers have no place with God, but David will come into the very presence of God on earth, and he will worship the Lord. He will come in the mercy of God and worship in fear. He worships believing God’s holiness and trusting in His love.

David worships in times of danger and trouble and also in calm and peaceful times. We worship God in the fear (deep faith) of His holiness and justice and in love of the multitude of His mercy and grace. We seriously fear His wrath and punishment for our sins and we sincerely thank Him for His great love and forgiveness. This kind of worship is our daily experience in all kinds of troubled and peaceful times. By faith in Jesus we worship in spirit and in truth in all the places where His presence resides, which is within us at all times and in all places. The body is a temple.