Psalm 95: 6-7 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice.
Psalm 95, with eleven verses, does not have a title, and the author, is unknown. There is some speculation among Bible scholars and teachers that the 7th verse of Hebrews 4 indicates that the writer is David. God again set a particular day, calling it "Today." God did then when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted: "Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts." (Hebrews 4:7). In verses 7-8 in Psalm 95, it does say Today, if only you would hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. This excerpt does seem to be a direct quote from the writer of Hebrews taken from the 95th Psalm. Although there are multiple verses in the bible that speak of hardening your hearts and hearing God's voice, there is none as specific as the 7th verse in the 4th chapter of Hebrews.
This Psalm is a call to worship, like church bells that ring out on a crisp, clear spring Sunday morning, calling people to come, worship, and praise God. The first seven verses are a call to worship, and the last three verses are a warning about leaving God out of your life. The Children of Israel had to endure forty years of the wilderness because of their lack of faith in God's promises and the hardening of their hearts.
This morning, our
verses (6-7) call us to worship and praise God. The words here also show us how
much God loves us and wants to care for us. These two verses do end with a
qualifier, "if only you would hear his voice."
Dear friends, there is only one way that we will ever be able to hear His voice, and that is through a deeply devoted prayer life and a committed daily time of Bible Study. In our hearts and souls, there also must be a hunger and thirst for the accurate Word of God that will allow us to have a close, sweet walk with our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus. We must also Love God with every fiber of our being, which will lead to obedience to His teachings and a desire to want to take His gospel to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8).
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