S – Now he came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen: 

³⁸ Blessed is the King who comes 

in the name of the Lord.^, 

Peace in heaven 

and glory in the highest heaven! 

³⁹ Some of the Pharisees from the crowd told him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 

⁴⁰ He answered, “I tell you, if they were to keep silent, the stones would cry out.” 

Luke 19:37–40 CSB

O – Commentary:

The whole crowd of disciples (mathētōn) began joyfully to praise God … for all the miracles (dynameōn, “evidences of spiritual power”) they had seen. These believers quoted (v. 38a) from Psalm 118:26, a messianic psalm of praise. The Pharisees understood the meaning of what was going on, for they told Jesus to rebuke His followers, so they would stop calling him Messiah or King.

Jesus responded that there must be some proclamation that He is the Messiah. If not, even inanimate objects (stones) would be called on to testify for Him. All history had pointed toward this single, spectacular event when the Messiah publicly presented Himself to the nation, and God desired that this fact be acknowledged.

“Luke,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures

A – God (Jesus) is not only worthy of praise and honor, it is not optional.  This is a great reminder check ourselves.  Do we praise and worship God?  It isn’t just singing.  It is proclamation, how we live, our attitudes towards Him and our reverence.  We cannot just give him “lip service.”  We must have a posture of awe, reverence and exaltation in our thoughts, words and actions.

R – Heavenly Father, we praise and worship you as the one, true God!  There is none like you.  We stand in awe of a holy God, who created all, holds all things and yet, still knows us intimately.  We are grateful for all that your love does to bring us into an intimate relationship with you.