Every Day is a Hallelujah Day!
"But as for me, I will sing about Your power.
Each morning I will sing with joy about Your unfailing love. For You have been my refuge,
a place of safety when I am in distress"
Psalm 59:16
I love the way those ancient Hebrews worshipped God with such joy and exuberance!
Simple theology-- His love is unfailing. He is our place of safety!
They knew how to rejoice without reservation in their faithful and loving God and Savior.
Going to church with them must have been a lot of fun!
Later in the New Testament, Paul reminds us to share our joyful worship with others: "Speaking to one another with psalms, songs,and hymns from the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:19).
That shows we should intentionally stir up joyous worship in others also!
We, too, have expressions of great joy -- we sometimes even need help in expressing our gratitude and we ask God to 'tune my heart to sing Thy grace,' because 'streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise'!
We need God to 'tune us up' and keep us going! Even make us louder!
Maybe sometimes we even ask for angelic help and we plead, 'Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above'....
(Those lines are from the hymn Come Thou Fount.)
Another composer wishes he had a 'Thousand Tongues' to sing his praises - one is not nearly enough do the job!
What musical treasures we have!
But most of all, since we are on this side of the Cross, we have even more reason to 'Sing and make melody in our hearts to the Lord.'
What if the ancient Hebrews knew what we knew! No psalm would ever be able to contain their joy!
So let's make this a real "Hallelujah Day" and sing His Praises all day! Let's pretend we are going to worship with them!
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