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Psalm 66.2 (NIV)
Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory
of his name; make his praise glorious!
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| Faith brings forth praise. He who can trust will soon sing.* |
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I told someone recently that getting a new body when I
get to heaven is fine, but what I’m really hoping for is a new voice. Elsewhere in the Psalms we’re told to make a joyful noise but I think I
could make his praise much more glorious if I could stay on key!
We sing about a lot of things; love, of course, but
any subject can be put to music: a dead
skunk in the middle of the road; the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald; Grandma got run over by a reindeer. While
there’s nothing wrong with songs about love or bizarre subjects, the psalmist
suggests that we let God’s glory be our reason for singing.
Singing isn’t the only means by which we praise God. As
the verse says, “Shout with joy!” We can praise him quietly and privately but
sometimes praise needs to burst out of us and be heard by the world. It is
always glorious when we praise God. Let’s live a life of praise!
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| Do we hope that praising God will be the blessedness of our eternity? Surely, then we ought to make it the business of our time.* |
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