Sunday's Blessing - 08/23/2026 – Jehovah-Hoseenu – The Lord our Maker
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!Psalm 95:6 (ESV)
Have you ever known for a fact that you were in trouble? When your mom uses your full name? Or your dad uses “that voice”? Or when you see the blue lights in your rear-view mirror? Or when the boss says, “We need to talk”? In Psalm 95, the writer knew Israel was in trouble with God. He is imploring the nation to come back to God, by acknowledging Him as Jehovah-Hoseenu, the Lord, our Maker!
When you create something, you have complete authority over it. The psalmist is inviting Israel back to the feet of their Creator to acknowledge His authority over them. God chose Israel as His own, to carry out His plan of redemption for mankind by bringing the Messiah through their bloodline.
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Psalm 95:6-7 (ESV)
This is not a call to submit as slaves to an “angry God” as some evangelicals have framed it. This is a petition of responding to the love and grace of the One who loves us most. This should be the cry of the Church, not the “if you don’t come, God will get you” jargon that you hear so often from pulpits. Lost souls will be more likely to hear the message of Jesus and His redemption if it is framed in the context of love and acceptance. Let them encounter Jesus before trying scare the hell out of them. As C.S. Lewis stated it, “The fierceness of hell (separation from God) can only truly be understood after you learn what being with God (heaven) is all about.”
This is the message of the psalmist, imploring Israel to return to the comfort of worshiping Jehovah-Hoseenu, The Lord, Our Maker, so they do not have to experience His wrath. They can instead find joy and peace at the foot of the throne of God.
