Good evening. I invite each of you to turn with me to Psalm 24. So we look at that passage this evening. George Frederick Handel is regarded by many as one of the greatest composers in the history of the church. He's known by his famous oratorio, Handel's Messiah, and it's the most popular of his works. It has moved, and I know it's moved me many times, to worship God. But this masterpiece was first performed in London on March 23rd, 1743. On this occasion, the King of England, George II, was present. All who attended and were listening were deeply moved as they heard the inspiring music, the words came out, and they were overwhelmed. When the Hallelujah Chorus was sung containing those powerful words, Hallelujah, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Something unexpected happened. King George II himself rose to his feet in an act of homage. Something unheard of, something undone, but he couldn't help himself. This prompted the entire audience to do the same, and they remained standing throughout the entire chorus, recognizing the greatness of heaven's one true king, the king of glory himself, Jesus Christ. And from that time to the present day, it has always been customary that when that song is sung and we come to the chorus, everybody stands and remains standing. Went back to 1743. See, this is the true heart of worship. It's a humble recognition of the glory by triune awesome God and responded appropriately. by presenting to Him our praise, presenting to Him our devotion, presenting to Him our very lives. Authentic worship involves beholding God's unveiled glory and responding to His magnificent splendor, being overwhelmed again and again by who He is. It requires the pledging of our loyalty to Him, ascribing to Him His supreme worth, affirming His incomparable value. So true, genuine worship is an all-consuming desire to give ourselves to God, yielding all that we are to all that He is. That's worship, biblically speaking. And so this evening, I want us to look at Psalm 24, because I believe in Psalm 24, it describes worship that is right, what worship should look like. And it is a hymn of praise that directs the hearts of God's people to worship God in a manner that recognizes and acknowledges His awesome glory. Something we don't talk that much about, or if we do, it's just simply words that come from our lips. See, that's what worship is about. It's about His awesome glory. It's about Him fully and completely. It's not about us. And this is a messianic psalm, which means that ultimately it points to Jesus Christ. But the majority of scholars believe that this was a song written by David when he brought the ark back into Jerusalem. You could read about it in 2 Samuel 6. And there was an anniversary of that same occasion, a festival commemorating that event. And it was a celebration of God's entrance into the holy city. Symbolically, the God of Israel was understood to be seated between the cherubim that sat on the ark. He got the ark, which is a big box. And they have two angels, two statues of angels with wings touching. And in the text, it tells us that God, he said it several times to Moses, he sat where the wings are. And so from a Jewish perspective back then, when they see the ark, that's God coming in. That's what was taking place at that time. So when the ark was taken to Jerusalem, it would have been appropriate to have composed a hymn like Psalm 24 for this occasion. Let's read this Psalm together. It's a Psalm of David, and it reads, the earth is the Lord's and all it contains, the world knows who dwell in it, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord and who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood and has not sworn deceitfully. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, even Jacob. Selah. Lift up your heads, O gates, and be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is the King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O gates, and lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts. He is the King of glory. Selah. We learn from ancient rabbinical sources that the Jewish liturgies of this psalm, Psalm 24, was always used in their worship on the first day of the week, which of course is our Sunday. So on the first day of the week, this psalm, Psalm 24, would be read. So think about it, on the day that Jesus Christ entered into Jerusalem, what we celebrate as Palm Sunday, Psalm 24 was recited by the temple priests at the very time that Jesus Christ was coming in through the gates of Jerusalem on a donkey. So we have then, picture this, is that you have the people who are outside the walls coming in with Jesus on a donkey, and they were saying, Hosanna to the Son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest, in Matthew chapter 21, verse nine. But what's interesting is that inside the tabernacle, The priests were intoning, lift up your heads, O gates, and lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts. He is the King of glory. So they were saying this, not realizing that Jesus Christ was coming in. And yet he's the one who fulfills it. So the priests were not joining in the cries of acclamation because less than a week later, they're having Jesus Christ crucified. And even most of the common people who were yelling out his praises, in less than a week they were the same people that were crying out, crucify him, crucify him. And the point I make here is that though they cried out these words, they missed the point. They missed the point. And my prayer has been that we do not miss the point. We do not miss the worship that Psalm 24 calls for. And so Psalm 24 describes for us when worship is right, and there's three sections to this Psalm. Verse one and two, where we begin, we see that we must genuinely recognize God's sovereignty. And this is important, because what I mean by this is that we don't just know it in our heads, but that we genuinely know it in our hearts so that it really takes hold of us. It's very simple. for Christians to say, yes, my God is sovereign, but that's the extent of it. Do we truly understand the depth of this sovereignty to the point that it grabs hold of our hearts and it doesn't let go? That's what I mean by genuinely gripped, gripping our hearts. In verse one, how do we see His sovereignty? Well, God owns it all. That's what we see in verse one. The earth is the Lord's and all it contains. I mean, think about that statement. Everything is His. Everything on the earth, including the earth itself and all it contains, it belongs to God. He owns it. The universal ownership includes those who dwell in it. God owns you. God owns all seven billion people on this earth. He owns it all. And all people live under God's sovereign dominion, whether they acknowledge it or not. He continues as the sovereign God. And here David uses the two words, earth and world to encompass everything, including that which is inanimate and animate. So people, trees, animals, everything is owned by God. Nothing lies beyond his claim. In fact, Psalm 89 verse 11 and 12 says, the heavens are yours, the earth also is yours, the world and all it contains, you have founded them, the north and the south, you have created them. So all the vast stellar empires of space, all the galaxies, all the countless trillions of stars moving at incredible speeds, all of it is owned by God. He owns it. That means this planet on which we live, on which we walk, belongs to Him. Every square inch of this planet belongs to God, even the ocean depths. It belongs to God. That includes every individual. So He owns it all. But we also see a sovereignty in verse 2 when it says that God created it all. He not only owns it, but the reason why He owns it, He created it. God's dominion over the earth and all it contains is established because He created it all. For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. So the poetry that is used here pictures the world as an ordered creation founded and established by God. It's like a large temple. The earth is portrayed as having these foundations. And the language that is used here recalls Genesis chapter one, where we read, in the beginning God, what? Created. And what did he create? everything. In fact, there's nothing that exists that doesn't come from God. So He created it all. He is Lord over all the works of His hands. He established everything, including mankind. The Hebrew word for founded means to fix firmly. to build up, to lay that foundation. It's used of that which is fixed, and it cannot be moved. So the world belongs to God, because from generation to generation, He preserves and upholds it, having settled its foundations. He's the one who's done that. Our God of glory is sovereign over all that exists, because He owns it and He created. It's in His hands, not man. So these words also indicate that God is not just a national God that belongs exclusively to the Jews. God is sovereign creator over the entire universe. Therefore, He is the sovereign God over all. He's not just the God of the Jews, He is God of everyone. For He alone is God. He's the universal God. So all that exists is God's property. It exists for His purposes. That's critical to understand. Everything exists. You, right now, sitting in this seat, you exist at this very moment for God's purpose. Otherwise, you would not be here. Everything exists for His purposes. It is God's property. But contrary to the 14th Amendment, he's deprived of this property without due process of law. People take houses and cars and businesses. They take parks and schools and theaters and TVs and computers and internet and use them all without consulting the owner of it all. Think about it. If I came to your house I didn't ask you, I'm just going, I'm gonna take your house, it's now my house. Your cars are my cars, your clothes are my clothes, everything you have, I'm taking without your permission. It's mine now. What would that do to you? I know many of you would be furious. Yet we do that every day to God without blinking an eye. Everything belongs to Him. And yet we deny His ownership and act against His stated purposes for why these things exist. And why does all things exist? Everything exists for one purpose. God says in Isaiah that He created all things for His glory. Not for us. For His glory. So the world and all who live in it and everything that is in it belongs to Him. That means since you are a part of this world, you owe Jesus full allegiance because He owns you. Full allegiance is our responsibility. And thus we have this great responsibility. Let this glory of His sovereignty overwhelm you. Let it sink in and understand, wow, He created it, He owns it, He owns me. He owns you. And He has a purpose for you. It's for His glory. And everything you own is His. We like to think we own stuff. But my Bible tells me, my God owns it all. He created it all. And from this whole responsibility to see His glory, there also flows a great blessing. As we consider this incredible God, we must consider who can come into His presence. Who is it that can approach Him and live in His presence? Please understand, this is no mere earthly king. This is the thrice holy God, the God before whom the greatest of angels fall on their faces in fear, hiding and shielding their eyes. So who can come and live and dwell in His presence? Who dares come into that presence? And the answer to this question is found in verses three through six. And it's both wonderfully complete and profound. And that's the second section. We must be prepared if we enter into God's presence. If we're going to live in his presence, if we're going to act in his presence, we must be prepared. And what we have in this section is David preparing the worshiper to enter the holy presence of the Lord by stating what type of worshiper can enter this presence. Notice in verse 3 and 4, there is internal and external preparation. Both internal and external preparation. In these two verses we see two questions in verse 3 and the sober answer in verse 4. And I want you to look at these questions in verse 3. Who may approach God? Who may abide with God? Who among earth's inhabitants is acceptable and able to come before this sovereign, majestic King of glory and dwell there and remain there? Who can come into His presence? The hill of the Lord, of course, is a reference to Mount Zion or Jerusalem. This is where God dwelt above the Ark of His covenant. So asked another way, we could say, who may stand in this holy place? So the question that is being asked is who is spiritually qualified to fellowship with this indescribable king? See, we often take it for granted. We don't even think about it. But who is privileged enough to fellowship with this one before whom the greatest of angels fall and shield their faces? The answer comes in verse 4, and it's four parts. He says, the one who has first clean hands, then a pure heart, an undivided spirit, and those who have honest words. The word clean literally means to be empty, to be innocent, to be blameless. It means hands that are clean, free from whatever may defile. your hands. And in the Old Testament, there were several occasions in which the Jews washed their hands in connection with religious rights. It was a very serious and important ceremony for them. And you can read through the law and you'll see again and again, they have to wash their hands, they have to wash their hands, they have to wash their hands. It was very, very important for purity there with the Jews. In Psalm 26, verse 6, David said, I shall wash my hands in innocence and I will go about your altar, O Lord. The word pictures hands that are presented to God, they're lifted to God, showing that it is pure, it is clean. So clean hands speaks of the purity of a person's outward actions, how you appear, how you live. How do you walk every day with the Lord? Now, clean hands would not suffice unless they're connected with a pure heart. That's internal, right? Appearance of holiness is not enough. Because clean hands are to be expressive of a pure heart. Here's what Jesus was speaking of in the Sermon on the Mount when he said, blessed are the pure in heart. Why? They will see God. A pure heart refers to an inner soul that is holy, an inner soul that is undefiled, set apart to God without any moral defilement. And so approaching God demands a quality heart, a pure heart, one that's undefiled. We can clean the outside of the cup or the plates as much as we please, but if the inward parts are filthy, if the inward parts are not pure, we are filthy in the sight of God. We will not be allowed in his presence. Thus, worship is impossible if the heart is not pure. That was the case for Pilate. He washed his hands, right? Jesus was crucified, he washed his hands. And what did he say? I am innocent of this man's blood. That was only external. He was still guilty. He was still guilty. Our hearts are more truly ourselves than our hands are. So the godly person, the person who is able to go into the presence of God is a person who's pure, who's not false, he's not hypocritical. So together, these phrases indicate that both the inner life, which is a person's character, and the outer life, a person's conduct, are represented. These have to be right. Hands and heart are brought together in that we do what we do because we are who we are. So our outward life, reflects what's on the inside. So a person's life must be pure and clean if we are to approach God in worship, if we are to walk every moment of every day in his presence. We are to have that pure heart which overflows in clean hands, outward expression. The next description says that he has not lifted his soul to falsehood. This is a reference to idolatry, an undivided spirit. It refers to one who has a right relationship to God. He worships a true God, not false gods that are out there. God expects, in addition to loyalty to the Lord in heart and life, a singleness of devotion. That's what he desires. That's what helps a person to walk in his presence. He must have no other gods before his or her love for Him. They are to be loyal, they are to have that one devotion for Him. And please understand it, back in the Old Testament, back in the old days, they did have statues and they did have temples that they would go to and worship false gods. And so there's a lot of people today who think that we don't have that today, therefore we don't worship idols. Which of course is not true. We do worship idols, it's everywhere. An idol is anyone or anything that we love or fear or serve and pursue more than God. And there are a lot of people who go after idols today. The idol of money, job, prestige, whatever it may be. There's millions of them out there. So ask yourself, constantly, every day, ask yourself, what do I genuinely long for? What do I genuinely have a passion for? Because see, the person who's born of heaven does not lift his soul to falsehood according to David. He is not distracted by the toys of this world. If we pursue the toys of this world more than we pursue God, then we are guilty of idolatry. Our worship is false. So I would encourage you, ask yourself that question, where is my greatest devotion? And then the fourth description is integrity. Honest words, he is not sworn deceitfully or falsely. This is one who has a right relationship with others. He's a person of integrity. One who does not swear falsely to get his way for his own purposes. He or she is a person of integrity. They don't say what they have to say in order to get what they want. People that do that, they swear falsely, they speak falsely, they lack integrity. So the one who approaches the Lord is the one who has clean hands, pure heart, who is wholly devoted and is not sold out to lies. And when you look at these requirements, this is a shortened version of those that are mentioned in Psalm 15, also written by David. In Psalm 15, David begins by asking God, oh Lord, who may abide in your tent? Who may dwell in your holy hill? And then we have the response starting in verse two. He who walks with integrity and works righteousness and speaks truth in his heart. He who does not slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend, and whose eyes are reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord. He swears to his own hurt and does not change. He does not put out his money at interest, nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken. See, this is the inner and outer character of those whom God approves and those who can genuinely worship Him, those who can live and dwell with God Himself. That's what the text calls us to. And what will such a person find when he or she comes to God? Well, the answer's in verse five. He will receive a blessing from the Lord, the righteousness from the God of his salvation. So the sure result is blessing from God. This verse is a remarkable verse because it's the Old Testament statement of justification by faith. It tells us that one who approaches God sincerely and trustingly, they experience salvation from God. Now, this is not salvation by works. Of course, we know that. But the person who approaches God through repentance and faith will be declared righteous by God. Thus, it's impossible for all who reject Christ For all those who do not surrender to Christ, it's impossible for them to worship. And there are many in churches all across this land who have never surrendered to Christ, who go through the motions, who sing these songs, but they do not worship. It's impossible to worship God without justification by faith. The person who does come to God in holiness and humility will receive a blessing from the Lord. Those who are justified by faith and walk according to what we just saw in verse four are promised a blessing. And what is this blessing? There's no greater blessing than the joy of God's very presence. When we are justified by faith, we live according to verse four, we walk in the very presence of the King of glory. His presence and goodness and favor extend to us. This profound blessing is unmatched by anything this world can offer. Please never underestimate how profound this is. Of all the people on the earth, we have this indescribable privilege to live and walk in the presence of the Most High God. There's nothing that compares to that. And one day when we are there, we will see it more profoundly. But until then, this is what we're called to do. Notice in verse six, the spiritual reality of such people is the pursuit of God. This is the generations of those who seek him, who seek your face, even Jacob. So they seek God's grace, first part of verse six, and they seek God's face. The phrase this generation of those who seek him refers to true worshipers. These are the ones who are declared righteous by faith in verse five and who live according to verse four. They are prepared in the sense that the desire to worship God has become an integral part of their lives. What's your desire like when it comes to worship? Is it something you're just supposed to do on Sunday morning, sing a few songs and that's it? Or is it something that drives you each and every day? See, they are prepared in the sense that the desire to worship God has become integral. It has become central in their hearts. They are prepared in the sense of their devotion. Their devotion is to pursue God, that one devotion that they have. And this devotion to pursue God provides direction and focus in their lives. So then those who come, as verse four prescribes, are those who genuinely seek God. There's no hypocrisy here. There's no falseness here, only genuine and humble faith. And those who seek Him, they are the legitimate worshipers. They are the ones who will walk with Him. And please understand, to desire communion with God is a purifying thing. When you have that desire to pursue God, when you have that passion to seek Him, it purifies your heart. It purifies your life. Thus we come back to the question, for what do you long? What are you seeking in this life? What is it that drives you each and every day? Desiring to commune with God is the key to right worship. Do we have that desire? Thus, are you prepared to live in God's presence here in verses three through six? Now the last section, verse 9, is important. Because here we see the kingship of Jesus Christ and it is a central theme. Very critical. And so what we see here in verses 7-10 is that we must genuinely acknowledge God's presence. See, verses 7-10 describe the entrance of the King into Jerusalem. That, of course, is the obvious climax. In verses one and two, the earth is prepared for his coming. In verses three through six, his people, the inhabitants of the earth are prepared. Now in this third section, verses seven through 10, the king enters. He is present. Very important. Who is he? Well, we know him as Jesus, who entered the city on Palm Sunday 2,000 years ago in order to die for us, to open up the way that we may genuinely worship him. And the reason why I say we must genuinely acknowledge God's presence, because it's very easy to get excited about something as beautiful and moving as this psalm, and yet not mean it. Remember the priests, and remember the people. They were singing this song, but less than a week later, they were crying out for his death. Within a week, it changed. They didn't genuinely have it. I've heard godly pastors preach that often Christians live like practical atheists. They believe that God exists, they trust in God, but too often when they live, you look at their lives, they live as if God is not present, as if God doesn't matter. That's what practical atheism means. Too often when we go through life, God is sort of put on a shelf. And we live and we walk as though He's not there. And that's why I say we have to generally acknowledge his very presence. Because too often we act as if God somehow left or we forget that he's present with us. So in verses seven through 10, we have this announcement that the king is present. Notice the first announcement in verse seven and eight. The phrase, lift up your heads, O gates, refers to the entrance of the worship into the city of Jerusalem. David had recently conquered the city and made it his capital. And so the gates of the holy city, the gates of Jerusalem, are called upon to prepare themselves for this triumphant entry, the ark that represents God is coming in. Open your gates that the king may come in. And he repeats it for dramatic emphasis, be lifted up, O ancient doors. So in David's time, this referred to the carrying of the Ark into Jerusalem. And as I said before, the Ark represented the presence of the King of Glory. So it's a triumphant procession, tremendous celebration, a celebration of incredible praise. That's why they were cheering and yelling and screaming. Of course, the ultimate fulfillment is when Jesus Christ came 2,000 years ago and then also in the future when he comes back that is the ultimate fulfillment But the point is that King Jesus has come down to dwell in the midst of the city of man. He dwells with us Every moment do we acknowledge it does it grip our hearts that King Jesus the king of glory the one who created all things owns all things dwells with us at this very moment and Or are we like practical atheists to say, yes, I believe him, I know he's here, but we live as if he's not. That's what this last section is about. And don't miss the identity of this king. In that phrase, king of glory is mentioned five times. You think he's trying to get a point across? Mentioned it five times. The emphasis is clear. Jesus is the all-glorious King of glory. He is the Lord strong and mighty. He is the Lord mighty in battle. The concept here is one of prevailing. And Jesus shows himself strong and mighty in defeating all of Israel's foes. And of course, he defeated the ultimate foe, which was sin and death. He conquered it, he defeated it, he crushed it. And when I say that he crushed sin, he demolished it, he pulverized it. The reason why I say that is that I was at a church Easter pageant one time, this is many years ago, and they put on a skit. I don't like skits, but I put up with it. In order to get the people excited, they compared it, you know, to like a game, a football game. They had this skit and it was very close. You know, they had somebody painting Satan and, oh, we got the victory and all of this and that. And the pastor was talking about it's close to game. It's like the Hail Mary pass. It looked like Jesus was defeated. And down at the very last second, they threw this Hail Mary pass and he caught it. Touchdown, we win. When Jesus Christ died and gained the victory, it wasn't that close. It was a done deal before it happened. If you wanna score to compare the victory, it was zero to infinity, Jesus won. It wasn't close. It wasn't down to the last minute. What did Jesus say? No one takes my life. I lay it down. Then after he lays it down, what's he gonna do? He takes it back up. So it wasn't close. He is conqueror and he demolished sin and the power of Satan. destroyed it completely. Oh how important it is for us to remember that. It wasn't close at all. And then he repeats in verse 9 and 10 the second announcement. The repetition, lift up your heads O gates and again lift them up O ancient doors. The point here for you and for me is that the king of glorious presence, will we open our hearts and our lives to him? Will we open ourselves up to his very presence? Will we live and walk with him every moment of every day? Or do we just take it for granted and live like practical atheists? See, this psalm is one of the central texts for understanding the breadth and significance of the glory of his kingship. Please understand, when we talk about the glory of the kingship of Jesus Christ, it's not just merely a religious affirmation. It's not just that we speak these words, he is the king of glory. Yes, we do that. But we need to understand it as the basis of true worship and praise. Without it, we don't worship. A true and genuine recognition of the kingship of God will result in the worship of God. That's why this is critical. That's when worship is right, when we see this. And so the point here is that it has to go deeper than simply just knowing it. It has to go deeper than just merely saying it. It has to go deep down inside and grab hold and shake us up. See, our hearts and our souls are to be stunned and overwhelmed by it every day. Everything in life is to be influenced by this. And what this calls for is a lofty vision of the King of glory. And I would encourage you to pray and cry out to God, Lord, give me this lofty vision of the King of glory. Remember who prayed that prayer? Moses. And what happened to Moses? He prayed the prayer, show me your glory. God gave him a glimpse. When he came down, what happened? He had to cover his face. They couldn't see him. He was literally changed. Oh God, give us a loftier vision of your glory. If we are to genuinely worship God, the most important component is a high and lofty vision of who he is. That's when worship is right. with so much emphasis today on man in the news and in a lot of our churches and we've lost sight of such a vision. We don't talk much about the king of glory. We don't talk much about a lofty vision of who this king is. We get so caught up with success. We get so caught up with sports. We get so caught up with everything else. We rarely hear people talk about a lofty vision of the king of glory and yet that is the most significant thing in life. At work, at school, you walk on campus, you go to work, what are people talking about? When was the last time that you walked on the job and there's people talking about a lofty vision of Jesus Christ? Hey, I'm a hospice chaplain, people are dying and they still don't talk about it. We need to get ourselves caught up with it. A lofty, transcendent view of God is the most important thing about a follower of Jesus Christ. As a person's vision of God goes, so goes his life. Please understand this. Your life will never rise any higher than your thoughts of God. A high view of Jesus Christ will lead to a high and holy living. A low view of Jesus Christ will lead to low living. I love what Charles Spurgeon said. He said, the highest science, the loftiest speculation, the mightiest philosophy which can ever engage the attention of a child of God is the name, the nature, the person, the work, the doings, and the existence of the great God whom he calls his father. Please remember, your life will rise no higher than your right vision of God. After Queen Victoria of England had ascended her throne, she was young, very young at that point, she went, as is the custom of British royalty, to hear a special presentation of the Messiah, or Turia. She'd been instructed about her conduct, because she was young. And so they instructed her, those who know the rules of protocol, they said, you must not stand up when everybody else is standing, singing a hallelujah chorus. So when the magnificent chorus began, and they're singing, and they're singing, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, people stood, and she was fidgety. She couldn't stay still. It seemed as if she would rise in spite of the custom that which she was told. But finally, when they came to that climactic part where they said, king of kings, lord of lords, this woman stood up with her head bowed down. She could not contain herself. Breaking all rules of royal etiquette, she was compelled to rise before and bow down before the true king of glory. See, this is when worship is right. When we acknowledge and see who the rightful king is. And so we generally have to recognize God's sovereignty overall. It has to grip our hearts and souls. Then we have to be prepared internally, externally to be in his presence. And then we have to acknowledge God's very presence. Then we are ready for worship. It occurs when the whole person, mind, emotion, and will, responds to God with genuine reverence, humility, praise, and devotion. And this happens as we gain a more lofty vision of the King of Glory. So pray to God, Lord, give me that lofty vision. Now you may be here this evening and you don't know anything and don't understand anything I've just said. You've never heard of King of Glory. What I would encourage you is to turn to Jesus Christ tonight. Trust in Him. Accept that salvation that He offers and begin to follow and see who this King of glory really is and see Him transform your life like you've never seen it before. If you've never trusted in Christ, I would encourage you to do that tonight. Come and see me afterwards. I'll be more than happy to talk to you about it. But for the rest of you, I would encourage you, pray and cry out to God, oh God, I desperately need a lofty vision of you. Show me the King of glory. Let's pray. Gracious God and Father, we do thank you for the psalm, Lord, for the grace that you've given to us. Father, we thank you that you gave your son, who is the king of glory, to die on that cross and pay the price that we rightfully owed. And we thank you that because of his death and resurrection, when we trust in him, we have this incredible privilege to come into your presence and live there, dwell there. Oh, our God, I would ask for myself and for everyone here and those who may be watching, give us a loftier vision of who you are. Stun us, shock us. Do to us what you did to Moses. Grant us a glimpse and draw us nearer and nearer. May we be those who walk in your presence every day. May we not be the practical atheists that so many are. Grant that we would do worship right. by living in your presence every moment of every day. Lord, this is impossible for us, so we cry out to you as our Father, please do this. Thank you, our God, for our time together. I pray that it would be a fragrant aroma to your nostrils, and that through that, your spirit will work in our hearts to draw close to you. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.