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Music to the Lord
READ: Psalm 148
Psalm 148:1 (NIV) "Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the heights above."
Have you ever heard one of your favorite songs on the radio and decided to sing (no matter how beautiful it may have sounded!) along with the lyrics? Well, King David traveled that road often during his life. In fact, as you read the dozens of psalms he authored, you have a hard time picturing him being bored in worship, yawning as he mumbles through a hymn. No, like us when we hear our favorite song, he would be singing loud and proud, exhorting by example to his nation of followers how to worship the Most High God.
Now notice Psalm 148. Here the psalmist was calling on every created thing--animal, vegetable, and mineral--to join him in praising God. That is quite a sound! The sound would be so loud that even the famous Ludwig Van Beethoven, who was deaf throughout most of his life, would have no problem hearing it! The author realized that just thinking about God is enough to get him started on a hymn of praise to his Almighty Creator.
The same should be true in our lives when we worship the Lord individually or with a group. There is something about the way God created us that responds to music. Singing praise to God is good for what ails us and it is one way we can say "thank you" to Him for His everlasting grace. The challenge now, then, is to sincerely sing before Him and lift your voice to Him as if the words you are singing are your love song to Him.
Faith Lesson: If you have got a song in your heart to the Lord, don't feel afraid to sing it.
In Christ,
Darin Smith
Submitted by Richard
READ: Psalm 148
Psalm 148:1 (NIV) "Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the heights above."
Have you ever heard one of your favorite songs on the radio and decided to sing (no matter how beautiful it may have sounded!) along with the lyrics? Well, King David traveled that road often during his life. In fact, as you read the dozens of psalms he authored, you have a hard time picturing him being bored in worship, yawning as he mumbles through a hymn. No, like us when we hear our favorite song, he would be singing loud and proud, exhorting by example to his nation of followers how to worship the Most High God.
Now notice Psalm 148. Here the psalmist was calling on every created thing--animal, vegetable, and mineral--to join him in praising God. That is quite a sound! The sound would be so loud that even the famous Ludwig Van Beethoven, who was deaf throughout most of his life, would have no problem hearing it! The author realized that just thinking about God is enough to get him started on a hymn of praise to his Almighty Creator.
The same should be true in our lives when we worship the Lord individually or with a group. There is something about the way God created us that responds to music. Singing praise to God is good for what ails us and it is one way we can say "thank you" to Him for His everlasting grace. The challenge now, then, is to sincerely sing before Him and lift your voice to Him as if the words you are singing are your love song to Him.
Faith Lesson: If you have got a song in your heart to the Lord, don't feel afraid to sing it.
In Christ,
Darin Smith
Submitted by Richard
