10/01/2024.
Psalm 96 is described as a crescendo of worship. When I read this psalm, I get vibrant music in my mind praising the King of kings and joyous chorus from my mouth worshipping the Lord of lords!
Verse 1 started by calling us to sing to the Lord a new song. Why a new song? What’s wrong with old songs? What’s wrong with hymns? How can we come up with new songs every day or every week? The psalmist was possibly suggesting two things here.
- We do not want to make worship God a routine. We want to come before God with renewed passion everytime.
- With our God, there is always something new to give thanks, to praise, to worship! Count his blessings. Great is his faithfulness. They are new every morning!
Verse 3 saw the focus shifted outward towards “the nations.” Of course, we can worship when we are alone. However, we also worship together. And we want to tell of God’s glory to the people around us. “.. for he is greatly to be praised!” We know why he is to be praised! Everywhere we go. Everything we do. Every breath we take. May it give glory to God!
The psalmist then continued with a call to declare God’s greatness (“say among the nations”). We are to declare his imminent return and the coming judgement. And we rejoice! Don’t keep it to ourselves. Go tell it to the mountains.
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