I was so excited to realise that this is the Psalm I end my blogging journey with, as I love it! It is a challenge and an encouragement for us to seek something new from God.
We are encouraged to sing a new song to our maker and King, to abandon ourselves in dance as we praise His name, to experience Him afresh and not be satisfied with what God has done in our lives in the past.
I love music, I love to study what makes it up and it is a wonderful gift to us that never ceases to amaze me. Every unique combination of its elements (pitch, rhythm, tempo, etc.) contains a world of exciting possibilities. There are effectively an infinite number of combinations to form inexhaustible possibilities of musical sound.
When we are encouraged to "Sing to the Lord and new song” I am struck that in each of us God has put a unique sound that can be offered in praise of his name. Your song and my song are new songs in all of history!
Your new song must be sung. It must be heard. Your voice, your life, they matter. They tell a story no one else gets to tell and sharing it is a way to bring God glory that only you can bring.
Verse 5 says, “Let the saints rejoice in this honour and sing for joy on their beds.” It struck me that the training for what God has for us needs to happen in the depths of our hearts when we are unseen. It is here that our unique songs are formed and matured. When we are left with God, alone, at the end of the day, being abandoned to God in midst of whatever life brings he is fashioning the sound we are called to make. Whatever season we are in God uses it to prepare us for the warfare that is to come by taking us lower so God is rightfully higher.
Humbled, having sought God in the secret place and with his praise firmly on our lips we are the called to action as warriors, not just worshipers. “Let the praises of God be in their mouths, and a sharp sword in their hands.” (v6)
We are at war. Jesus told us that the enemy seeks to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10). Paul tells us to equip ourselves with the armor of God, to resist the enemy and to stand firm (Ephesians 3:16).
We are called to praise and fight, to fight our spiritual enemy with the word of God and the power of faith in God. To shine a light that is sharing the rescue plan of God on spoils of the spiritual war that rage all over this earth, marriages destroyed, children rebelling, people addicted to all kinds of destructive things. There are people dying at the hands of the enemy all around us, people being destroyed by his lies, and we have the means to rescue them. We so desperately need to be worshipping warriors. Warriors full of unique songs of praise to God, ready for action.
One day Jesus is going to return on a white horse. This time He is not coming as a baby in a manger. He is coming as the King of kings and Lord of lords. He is coming in might and power and He is bringing the army of heaven with Him. We fight for the side that is going to win in the end! Now that is worth singing about (Rev 19:11).
Being a warrior of worship involves the high praises of God being in our mouths, the two-edged sword of his word readily available in our hands and action, movement into God’s promises, into all that he has for us. Action to see a hurting world changed by the power of the spirit and to usher in the return of the King
Spend time with God. Don't be satisfied with past experiences of him. Expect God to do something new in your life, God delights in you and he is doing more in you than you even realize. We have everything we need to accept this challenge, the promises of God’s Word, the presence of the Holy Spirit and the reality of our ultimate salvation and victory over the enemy through Jesus.
Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord the unique sound he has given you to sing through all you do with a life abandoned to him! Experience him in a fresh way, consciously join the battle and do not be satisfied with anything less than an adventure that will culminate in the most epic event history has ever seen, the return of King Jesus.
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