“O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms.
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is His also. The sea is His, and He made it: and His hands formed the dry land.
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. For He is our God; and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. ‘Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: when your fathers tempted Me, proved Me, and saw My work.
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, ‘It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known My ways: unto whom I sware in My wrath that they should not enter into My rest.’ ” Psalm 95:1-11 (KJB)
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Sing Unto GOD
“Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.” Psalm 81:1 (KJV)
Singing was probably what Asaph was about. He must have loved music and singing; especially unto the Lord. We have many of the Psalms with his name on them.
Music and singing has a way of redirecting our thoughts. Music can inspire us, motivate us, drive us; sometimes even toward wrong thinking.
The Song Book of the Bible – Psalms – is a great example of what music and singing can do for the soul and the heart.
The Christian is to sing aloud unto God who is our strength. We are to make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. When we realize that God is our strength we can truly sing. Sometimes even though we do not feel like it, we ought to sing until we do feel like it.
That He is called “the God of Jacob” ought to assure us that no matter what we may think or do He is still our God. The word ‘Elohiym is used here, and is speaking of the fulness of the Godhead, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Sing unto Him. Be joyful, and make a joyful noise unto Him. God loves you. Sing.
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