DEVOTION
PSALMS
SING WITH JOY
Ps 47
47:1 For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. 2 How
awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth! 3 He subdued
nations under us, peoples under our feet. 4 He chose our inheritance for us, the
pride of Jacob, whom he loved. Selah
5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of
trumpets. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing
praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.
8 God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. 9 The nobles
of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings of
the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted.
NIV
Clearly God is to be praised. Clearly we are to shout to God with cries
of Joy, clap our hands, and raise them upon our God. We are to sing praises to
our God, sing praises, and sing praises. The picture which flashes before us is
a congregation of people, perhaps even standing while some kind of worship
leader or group is before them. There could be a simple set of musical instruments,
or a full out orchestra and one or multiple screens displaying the words to a
song. Some of the songs might even be songs about God, rather than ballads
about something. But the congregation is not actually in worship, as they
appear more like mannequins, expressionless, just quietly mouthing the words because
that is what they are expected to be doing. There appears little joy, or
little real praise, unless it is all going on deep within them on the inside
where no one can detect. It seems sad we are not really in an attitude of
praise, singing with all we have to our God. We need to be the ones who are
filled with Joy because we have a great inheritance God has given to us. We
need to be raising our hearts, our voice and our hands to our God for he reigns
over the nations, he is seated on his throne. Our faces should be shining with
the joy that is in our hearts because God has done great things in our life.
How awesome is our God, how awesome is the Lord Most High. He is the King over
all the earth! Let us give him praise in the morning, in the day and in the
evening as we lay our head down. God is worthy of all our praise! Especially
when we gather together on the Lord’s Day, we should be filled with praise for
our God. We need to sing praises to our God, sing with joy!
I’ve got the joy, joy, joy joy
Down in my heart
Down in my heart
Down in my heart
I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy
Down in my heart to stay!
Let us sing praises to our God with that joy.
1 comment:
Hello Brother in the Lord. I am a Pastor from Mumbai, India. I am glad to stop by your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I am also blessed and feel privileged and honored to get connected with you as well as know you and about your interest in writing daily devotions. I am blessed by your devotion on " Sing With Joy". Hopefully I will be able to follow your blog post. I LOVE GETTING connected with the people of God around the globe to be encouraged, strengthened and praying for one another. I have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 40 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the brokenhearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have your grown up children in their late teens and above to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. I am sure they will have a life changing experience. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. God's richest blessings on you, your family and friends also wishing you and your family a blessed and a Christ centred rest of the year 2018. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede.
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