Psalms 34:3

King David wrote this psalm after a harrowing escape — he was fleeing for his life and had faked madness in front of a foreign king to avoid being captured. Yet even from that desperate, humiliating place, his first instinct wasn't to process things alone. He throws the door open and calls others in. To 'glorify' someone means to make them look great, to draw attention to how worthy they are. To 'exalt' means to lift high. The words 'with me' and 'together' are not accidental — David is saying that what he has seen of God is too good to keep to himself.

Lord, pull me out of my private bubble of faith. When I see your goodness — in an answered prayer, in a kindness I didn't expect, in a moment I can't explain — give me the courage to say so out loud and invite someone else into that wonder with me. Amen.

There's something quietly countercultural about the word 'together' in a verse about worship. We live in an age of personal playlists, private podcasts, and individual spiritual practices — all genuinely good things. But David wrote this from chaos and crisis, not from a comfortable seat, and his instinct wasn't to go quiet. It was to gather people. That's worth noticing. Think about the last time something moved you — a view, a piece of music, a moment of unexpected grace you couldn't explain. The first thing most of us do is reach for our phone to share it. Praise works the same way. God isn't diminished by being known only to you, but something in you — and in your community — is enriched when you say it out loud with others. Who haven't you yet invited into that?