The Greatness of God Elicits Singing

 1Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;

let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

2Let us come before him with thanksgiving

and extol him with music and song.

3For the Lord is the great God,

the great King above all gods.

4In his hand are the depths of the earth,

and the mountain peaks belong to him.

5The sea is his, for he made it,

and his hands formed the dry land. (Psalm 95)

Thoughts: Every now and then I watch a soccer match and am in awe of thousands of people singing the same song for their team.  But before there was soccer, or football, or cheerleaders, or school bands, there was a call to the crowds to come together to sing. 
    Christians have something to sing about.  We have a god who is above all human made gods and above all earthly and powerful kings.  He is the King of kings and Lord of Lords.  His power and majesty is worth singing about. 
      He holds the deep ocean valleys in His hands.  But the highest mountain peaks do not go beyond Him.  You cannot go underneath Him or above Him.  All the earth is His.  He made the sea and made the land.  God is everywhere and own all that we can see.  That is worth singing about- if anything is.  

Prayer: Lord, You are worthy of praise.  I sing of your greatness!

A Song Instead of Grumbling

1Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;

let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

2Let us come before him with thanksgiving

and extol him with music and song...

Today, if only you would hear his voice,

8“Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,^a

as you did that day at Massah^b in the wilderness,

9where your ancestors tested me;

they tried me, though they had seen what I did.

10For forty years I was angry with that generation;

I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,

and they have not known my ways.’ (Psalm 95)

Thoughts: The people of God faced difficult times- and they handled it by grumbling, doubting, and pride.  They had escaped from Egypt and from the mightiest army, but they were without water.  They hardened their hearts and wondered if God had left them, or even existed.  Because they doubted God and turned away they incurred God's disappointment and anger- for He had provided everything for them- even manna in the desert every day.  God, however, was not God to just the generation that left Egypt.  He is God from generation to generation.  In contrast to turning away is this call to worship and song to the Lord.  Worship and singing is always a sign of hope. Whereas grumbling and skepticism is a sign of wanting more control- and not having it.  Come and sing on the Lord's Day in a house of worship. 

Prayer: Lord, give me a song in my heart and on my lips to you.