Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! For He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.
--Psalm 98:1 (NKJV)
From the daily Bible reading on May 23, 2013 of Psalm 98; 1 Corinthians 4; 2 Samuel 1-2.
According to my quick count, there are four psalms that begin by compelling us to "sing to the Lord", three of which urge us to sing a "new song". Interestingly, we do not know the authors of any of these so all four psalms remain anonymous. Nonetheless, they all invoke a sense of beauty and of worship. We should sing to the Lord; not just talk or pray or humbly beseech, but sing! Lift our heads and our hands and our voices and let the music of joyful praises flow from our mouth loud enough and strong enough and long enough to reach up to His throne in heaven. Let our song be one the angels will rush to join in on, adding "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!" as a chorus!
And let us not sing any old song, one we've known and sung forever, one for which we no longer feel any emotion over, one that God would find boring because it bores us as we just mechanically drone out the words. (Sound familiar? Think of how the Lord's Prayer or the Apostles Creed usually sound when recited corporately.) No, let us sing a new song, one fresh on our lips and our hearts. Jesus creates in us a new person when we accept Him as our Lord and Master, so let us create in ourselves new songs to praise and worship our Lord. Sing new songs that will refresh and revive our souls within us, that will rekindle our emotional response to our Savior and even to each other, that will delight and please our God.
And let us sing these new songs to God on high because He has done and continues to do marvelous things. He put the stars in the sky and holds them there. He gave us this beautiful garden to be our temporary home. He came to us when we were dead in sin and made us new and gave us new life in Jesus Christ, paid by His holy sacrifice on the cross. Death did not stop Jesus for our Father raised Him from the grave and seated Him at His right hand. And that Right Hand and His holy arm have already secured the great victory over the evil one and his forces, a victory we will see and join in on when Christ Jesus returns to take His church home!
So let us lift up our heads, lift up our eyes, put a big smile on our faces and sing out with all the joy within us! He is worthy of our praise and our worship. Our God does marvelous things! Sing a new song!
O Father, we lift our hearts and voices to heaven as we sing a new song of worship and glory to You! May the song coming from our heart, the song we sing by the very way we live our life, be pleasing to You and worthy of Your praise. In the marvelous name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
And let us not sing any old song, one we've known and sung forever, one for which we no longer feel any emotion over, one that God would find boring because it bores us as we just mechanically drone out the words. (Sound familiar? Think of how the Lord's Prayer or the Apostles Creed usually sound when recited corporately.) No, let us sing a new song, one fresh on our lips and our hearts. Jesus creates in us a new person when we accept Him as our Lord and Master, so let us create in ourselves new songs to praise and worship our Lord. Sing new songs that will refresh and revive our souls within us, that will rekindle our emotional response to our Savior and even to each other, that will delight and please our God.
And let us sing these new songs to God on high because He has done and continues to do marvelous things. He put the stars in the sky and holds them there. He gave us this beautiful garden to be our temporary home. He came to us when we were dead in sin and made us new and gave us new life in Jesus Christ, paid by His holy sacrifice on the cross. Death did not stop Jesus for our Father raised Him from the grave and seated Him at His right hand. And that Right Hand and His holy arm have already secured the great victory over the evil one and his forces, a victory we will see and join in on when Christ Jesus returns to take His church home!
So let us lift up our heads, lift up our eyes, put a big smile on our faces and sing out with all the joy within us! He is worthy of our praise and our worship. Our God does marvelous things! Sing a new song!
O Father, we lift our hearts and voices to heaven as we sing a new song of worship and glory to You! May the song coming from our heart, the song we sing by the very way we live our life, be pleasing to You and worthy of Your praise. In the marvelous name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
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