3 posts tagged “new song”

Psalm 149:4 NKJV

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people;
He will beautify the humble with salvation.

Psalm 149 calls us to sing a new song to God, to rejoice in God as our Maker, Father, and King, to praise God with dance and with song accompanied by the playing of musical instruments, such as the timbrel (ancient tambourine) and harp.

When we do these things, God is pleased.

And when God is pleased with our humble worship, creatively expressed, what's going to happen next?

To those who worship God, who humble themselves in adoration to God, a gift of beauty is given.

It's called salvation.

What a gift!

God's always doing things like that.

I like that about God.

Don't you?

Psalm 149:4 NKJV:

"For the Lord takes pleasure in His people;"

Psalm 149 is a call to praise. In the first verse, we are called to sing a new song to God, a fresh offering.

In verses two and three, we are called to rejoice in God, who made us, who is our loving Father, who is our King, and to praise God with dance, with song, and with instrumental music, such as the timbrel (ancient tambourine) and the harp.

When we do these things, answer the call to praise, rejoice in God's natures, and praise him with movement, singing, and playing music, something neat happens.

God takes pleasure in us. You bring God pleasure. I bring God pleasure.

I like that.

Today is the Lord's Day. I hope you are bringing God pleasure today.

With answering the call to praise.

With rejoicing in Who God is.

With all forms of lively praise!

Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful.

Psalm 149:1

I like to sing. I have sung in choirs. I have sung solos. I have been in quartets. Singing lifts the heart and spirit. Singing take you to a higher plane of life.

The psalmist urges us to praise Lord. How do we do that?

Sing to the Lord a new song.

When I was in seminary, I learned in worship class that altar flowers should be fresh, not artificial. "Living flowers for a living Lord." It made sense.

It makes sense that my song should be fresh and new each day, too. "New songs for a God who loves the fresh and new."

It reminds me that God's favorite activity is being creative. God's always up to something new.

We stay young and vital when we remember that about God, and about ourselves.

We're made in God's image. We're made to be creative.

So today, I will sing God's new song.

I will fulfill the purpose for which God made me.

Praise the Lord!