Sing To The Lord! - PSALM 96
Since we will be celebrating Thanksgiving next week, and since it has been such a difficult year, I thought it would benefit us all to focus on God's awesomeness.
"Singing to the Lord" is not necessarily musical. It's about praise and worship. When I am working in the garden I am singing to the Lord - I am marveling at His creation. A tiny little seed produces a bounty of delicious food and this happens because God is awesome. Then, when I am cooking or baking something using that garden produce I am "singing to the Lord" - praising and thanking God for who He Is.
Psalm 96 is the perfect chapter to lift us out of this Pandemic sadness.
Psalm 96 is the perfect chapter to lift us out of this Pandemic sadness.
I have split this chapter into three areas:
1. Who God is
2. What God has done/is doing/will do
3. What we should do
God is
- Glory. God's glory was referred to four times (vs 3,6,7 & 8)
- God is great (vs 4)
- God is worthy of praise (vs 4)
- Splendor. God's splendor was highlighted twice (vs 6 & 9)
- His majesty (vs 6)
- God's strength was spoken about twice (vs 6 & 7)
- His holiness (vs 9)
God has done/is doing/will do
- Salvation - God has saved us! (vs 2)
- Marvelous deeds (vs 3)
- God made the heavens (vs 5)
- He will judge with equity (vs 10)
- God reigns
- He will judge in righteousness (vs 13)
- He will judge in His truth (vs 13)
- He will judge the earth & the world (vs 13)
What We Should Do....
- Sing to the Lord! - mentioned three times (vs 1,2)
- Praise His name (vs 2)
- Proclaim his salvation "day after day" (vs 2)
- Declare his glory (vs 3)
- Fear God above all gods (vs 4)
- Bring offering (vs 8)
- Worship Him (vs 9)
- Tremble before Him (vs 9)
- Say "The Lord reigns" (vs 10)
- REJOICE (vs 11)
Look at the passage in the picture above - I just love the description:
- heavens rejoice
- earth be glad
- sea resound
- fields be jubilant
- trees sing for joy
- all creation rejoice
Even when our situation is difficult beyond our imagination - let's rejoice!!! Because God is great & worthy of praise.
Sing to the Lord everyday!
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