Scripture: Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 (NRSV)
“I will sing of the Lord’s great Love forever.” The fact that we have this opportunity is absolutely amazing.
Imagine you’re a singer and a songwriter. Now let’s say you’re given the chance to meet and play for your favorite musical artist. You’re extremely excited. You’ve spent years working and developing this talent that you have, and you’re slightly nervous to show your songs. How honored would you be to have this opportunity? How much would you prepare your songs to make them as good as possible? How long before the date would you spend thinking and preparing in order to impress the artist? How happy would you be if that musical artist liked what you played?
This is the same opportunity that we have when we sing to the Lord! When we sing and worship, the Lord hears us! The maker of the heavens and the earth hears us and loves when we sing to him! Shouldn’t that excite us? Shouldn’t that make us jump off our feet in joy? Why is it that when we go to church on Sunday morning, we slightly slump over, sigh when we’re told to stand, and simply sing the notes without really thinking about the meaning behind them? Friends, this should not be! In worshiping the Lord with our heart, we come with recognition of the amazing gift of grace, and the amazing person of Love, that he sent his Son Jesus Christ into the world to make us holy and blameless in his sight. Holy and blameless! WE are holy and blameless! I know sometimes it may not feel like you’re holy and blameless, but guess what? God has completely forgotten our sins — all of them! Even the ones that we’ll commit in the future! Hebrews 8:12 says, “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
If that’s not exciting to you, and doesn’t make you want to take this opportunity to sing and shout to the Lord in adoration, then I don’t know what will! Because of God’s love, and because of his gift of grace through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we can be holy and blameless and sing to God as pure lambs who follow after a shepherd. That’s all sheep do! And they love every minute of it. Following Jesus with all our heart is not a burden — it’s something that we should be doing with joy. So with this recognition of who you are in Christ, go and sing of the Lord’s great love forever.
Scripture: Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26 (NRSV)
I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.
2I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.
3You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to my servant David:
4‘I will establish your descendants forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah
19Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said: “I have set the crown on one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20I have found my servant David; with my holy oil I have anointed him;
21my hand shall always remain with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.
22The enemy shall not outwit him, the wicked shall not humble him.
23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him; and in my name his horn shall be exalted.
25I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
26He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’