Justin R. Lester argues that chasing applause and validation drowns out God's voice. Using King David as an example, he calls listeners to shift focus from personal ambition to worship and asks what God is creating in this present season.
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Stop reacting long enough to remember who still reigns. You can't hear God clearly when you're busy listening for applause. Majesty in this text means above all else. If we're honest, most of our worlds revolve around us. Here's a crazy thing I learned the other day. I looked on a map and realized the world doesn't revolve around me. We love self-care, self-branding, self-expression, and selfishness until self becomes such a small god that can't save you. David resists that temptation. He puts God's name, not his own, at the top of his playlist because real worship wants you to be aware of who God is. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. Don't look back at what could have been. May this be a season of your life where we don't look back at what could have been, but we rejoice in what is. What are you creating? What are you cultivating? What dominion are you taking? O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.