"O come let us sing unto the Lord......"Ps 95:1
A spiritual privilege that these singers enjoy, is that they make a worshipful response to God. It is likely that this psalm was sung by the pilgrims as thay progressed towards the temple of God.
As they make their way thither they exhort each other...."O come let us sing unto the LOrd; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation"!
They are bent upon bringing to God a sacrifice of praise. They long to express to him their homage, their thankful adoration and worship. And what exultation is here, what joy, what enthusiasm; it simply overflows.
They say, "We will sing unto the Lord; we will make a joyful noise to our God" They are determined that when they arrive at his house they will greet him with jubilant thanksgiving.
But coupled with this exuberance is a due sense of reverance and awe and godly fear. For they bid one another to bow down, and to kneel before the Lord. A spirit of deep humility marks them, as they look forward to coming into the presence of God and prostrating themselves with their faces to the ground before him.
And do we not know the same spiritual privilege of making our worshipful responce to God our great Redeemer? Have not our hearts been moved by an unfolding of his greatness and his glory, and the deep mystery of his love toward us, so that we come into his presence with joyous acclaim, and bring to him the sacrifices of a brokem spirit and a contrite heart?
These are great spiritual privileges.
A spiritual privilege that these singers enjoy, is that they make a worshipful response to God. It is likely that this psalm was sung by the pilgrims as thay progressed towards the temple of God.
As they make their way thither they exhort each other...."O come let us sing unto the LOrd; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation"!
They are bent upon bringing to God a sacrifice of praise. They long to express to him their homage, their thankful adoration and worship. And what exultation is here, what joy, what enthusiasm; it simply overflows.
They say, "We will sing unto the Lord; we will make a joyful noise to our God" They are determined that when they arrive at his house they will greet him with jubilant thanksgiving.
But coupled with this exuberance is a due sense of reverance and awe and godly fear. For they bid one another to bow down, and to kneel before the Lord. A spirit of deep humility marks them, as they look forward to coming into the presence of God and prostrating themselves with their faces to the ground before him.
And do we not know the same spiritual privilege of making our worshipful responce to God our great Redeemer? Have not our hearts been moved by an unfolding of his greatness and his glory, and the deep mystery of his love toward us, so that we come into his presence with joyous acclaim, and bring to him the sacrifices of a brokem spirit and a contrite heart?
These are great spiritual privileges.
