Psalm 9:1-2 “I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.
I will be filled with joy because of you.
I will sing praises to your name, O Most High.”
John MacArthur says these 4 “I wills” are David’s dedication to exuberant worship. The meaning of exuberant, according to the New Oxford American Dictionary is ” characterized by a lively energy and excitement” and from the latin word “uber,” meaning “fruitful.”
When David approaches God here is Psalm 9, he displays a “lively energy and excitement” as he praises God! He praises the Lord with “uber’ worship. David is telling God what he will do as he praises God, as he gives thanks to God, as he worships God. He says, “I will praise You with all my heart. I will tell of all the marvelous things You have done. I will be filled with joy because of You. I will sing praises to Your name.
Is our worship filled with this same lively energy? Is our worship just singing? Are we repeating God’s words and promises back to Him in our worship time? Are we filled with joy because of Him and Him alone and not on our circumstances? Are we worshipping Him out of a sense of duty, checking a weekly box of “to-do’s” or are we coming into His presence with our whole heart, blocking out anything that would interrupt our time alone with God?
As I read these verses in Psalm 9, I am reminded of what worship is, what it looks like. So let us worship as God wants us to: with our whole heart, testifying of Him, gladly and joyfully, singing songs of praise back to Him because He is the Most High God.