Psalm 134 - the last of the songs of ascent - ends with a call to praise:
“Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord
who minister by night in the house of the Lord.
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary
and praise the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from Zion,
he who is the Maker of heaven and earth.”
This reminds us that we are made to praise God. That our chief end (as the Westminster Catechism says) is to glorify God and enjoy him forever! Could there be a more fitting call for Christ the King Sunday?
Eugene Peterson says this:
“Glorify. Enjoy. There are other things involved in Christian discipleship... But it is extremely important to know the one thing that overrides everything else. The main thing is not work for the Lord; it is not suffering in the name of the Lord; it is not witnessing to the Lord; it is not teaching Sunday School for the Lord; it is not being responsible for the sake of the Lord in community; it is not keeping the Ten Commandments; not loving your neighbor; not observing the golden rule. ‘The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.’ Or, in the vocabulary of Psalm 134, to bless God.”