O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things. His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory. The Lord has made known his victory; he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations. He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises. Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody. With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord. Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who live in it. Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. (Psalm 98, NRSV)
Sing to thenLord a new song…
How many times have you been to worship and said, “why are we singing this song, I don’t know it and we have never done it before?”
Well the reason for doing something new is right here. Sing to the Lord a new song! He has done wonderful things in our world and life and we should not give Him the same old stale things we have always given Him.
But we don’t know the words or the melody. How are we suppose to praise God with things we do not know!
It says later in the psalm, make a joyful noise. Let the ocean roar and the floods clap their hands. Now is the ocean roaring always pretty? And praiseful? And is the floods clapping a pretty melodious sound? No it is not but it can be joy filled. And that is what we are told to do.
God does not say make a pretty melodious sound and only the best and those who know a song the best should sing unto me. No He says make a joyful noise!
In the words of my pastor, “if you sing good, sing loud. If you can’t sing good, sing even louder to annoy your neighbor.” God said to make a joyful noise and that is what we are to do.
So sing a new song, and do it joyfully and to God it will be the most beautiful aria ever sung!
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