April 11, 2005

  • Excerpts from Psalm 75:
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    1 We give thanks to you, O God,
    we give thanks, for your Name is near
    men tell of your wonderful deeds.

    6 No one from the east or the west or from the
    desert can exalt a man.
    7 But it is God who judges:
    He brings one down, he exalts another.

    9 As for me, I will declare this forever;
    I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
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    So I've been reading the Psalms for a couple of months now. Probably one a day (about), and it has been very uplifting. I've said it before that if anyone would like to study worship, study the Psalms. David (or whomever wrote the Psalms, I think we know David wrote a lot of them), is quite the worshiper, and it is incredible to see the contrast in his life----and that through it all, whether good or bad times, he is worshiping the Lord. Quite incredible!

    It hit me today--there are so many commands to, or declarations of singing in worship to the Lord. David says numerous times (too many for me to remember!) that he will sing to the Lord. Sing sing sing. Sing praises. Shout for joy...all this stuff. And here we are thousands of years later, still singing. Churches all across the world, all different kinds of denomenations, are singing on the weekends in their services. What kind of power is there behind the voice? What kind of power is there in music, that we use it so often to declare our feelings to the Lord? I think this is pretty deep, here?? Too deep for me...can hardly fathom this phenomenon, music in praise and worship.
    But I know this...I may never remember a sermon, the three points of why we should evangelize, or whatever...but I can sing you a hundred songs RIGHT NOW that I've learned and sung in worship over the last 15 years of my life (not that I'm 15 years old, but I thinkn that's about how far back I can remember singing...hee hee!).

    Music is incredible. What power and universatility. Yes, I may have made that word up. But still. I am honored to be a musician in the Lord's service. I only hope that the songs I choose to teach and sing in church can minister to the people around us in a way that lasts a long time...

    On another note: on Friday night I finally beat Bowser after collecting 120 stars in SUPER MARIO for N64. It was great! I may never play the game again, but I CONQUERED IT!!!
    Thanks Nintendo Power, for all your help...

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