Shout For Joy Before
The King
Sing to the LORD a new song, for
he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked
salvation for him. The LORD has made his salvation known and revealed his
righteousness to the nations. He has remembered his love and his faithfulness
to
Shout for joy to the LORD, all
the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the LORD with the
harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with trumpets and the blast of
the ram’s horn— shout for joy before the LORD, the King.
Let the sea resound, and
everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their
hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; let them sing before the LORD, for
he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the
peoples with equity.
Psalm 98:1-9
David was close to the natural
world. He began life outdoors as a shepherd, then spent years hiding in the
rocky terrain of
Wilderness announces to our
senses the splendor of an invisible, untamable God. How can we not offer praise
to the One who created it all, and gave us sunrises, sunsets and rainbows?
The psalms wonderfully solve
the problem of a praise deficient culture by providing the necessary words. We
merely need to enter into those words, letting God use the psalms to realign
our inner attitudes.
In praise, the creature happily acknowledges that everything
good comes from the Creator.
Our Daily Bread –