Today's Video Devotion

Tuesday 1/16/24

Putting Him First

📺️ Psalm 134 🔊

¹Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.

 ²Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.

 ³The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

Written By: God through Inspiration

Penned By: David, Asaph, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, Moses, and the Sons of Korah

Date Penned: (1440-586 BC)

Overview: Poetry for the Expression of Praise and Worship to God (c 1-150)

Theme: The Fifth Book of Psalms (c 107-150)

Message: Worship God and Experience Joy and Blessings (v 1-3)

Psalms 134 Commentary 

(134:1-3) The Levites - This psalm is about a very small group - the Levites who served as temple watchmen. Singing this psalm, the last of the "Songs of degrees" (Psalms 120-134), the worshipers would ascend the hill where the temple stood and see the watchmen who protected it day and night. They saw the watchmen's work as an act of praise to God, done reverently and responsibly. Make your job or your responsibility in the church an act of praise by doing it cheerfully, revering God and encouraging your fellow workers. Honor the Lord by the quality of your work and the attitude of service you bring to it.

Each day we walk through the Bible chapter by chapter making an application of our text to help us grow in the Lord. Many applications can be made from each day's text. Today, we continue in the Book of Psalms with Chapter 134. In our text today, we see the theme of worshiping God to experience the joy of His Blessings. In applying, we see the Lord Blesses those who put Him first in Worship. How about you? Have you experienced the joy of the Lord by putting Him first? Let us learn from our Psalm and text today to realize that our Joy and Blessing of the Lord come when we put Him first in our Worship.