Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - “A Song in Your Heart” - Sunday, 2 March 2014 – Scripture – Psalm 104

Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - “A Song in Your Heart” - Sunday, 2 March 2014 – Scripture – Psalm 104: 24 Yahweh, how many are your works!

    In wisdom have you made them all.

    The earth is full of your riches.

25 There is the sea, great and wide,

    in which are innumerable living things,

    both small and large animals.

26 There the ships go,

    and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.

27 These all wait for you,

    that you may give them their food in due season.

28 You give to them; they gather.

    You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.

29 You hide your face: they are troubled;

    you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.

30 You send out your Spirit and they are created.

    You renew the face of the ground.

31 Let Yahweh’s glory endure forever.

    Let Yahweh rejoice in his works.

32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles.

    He touches the mountains, and they smoke.

33 I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live.

    I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.

34 Let your meditation be sweet to him.

    I will rejoice in Yahweh.

35 Let sinners be consumed out of the earth.

    Let the wicked be no more.

    Bless Yahweh, my soul.

    Praise Yah!

“A Song in Your Heart” by Duane C. Brush

There are times when only a song will do. To lift the mood, to strengthen our resolve, and even to express our grief music often expresses emotion in ways that words alone cannot. The writer of Psalm 104 was moved by the greatness and wonder of creation to give praise to our Creator God. Worshipful adoration seems to demand music.

David and the other early psalm writers lived in a world that has nearly vanished today. Particularly for those who live in urban areas we often live in isolation from nature. We walk on pavement, drive a climate controlled automobile, we eat food others have grown, and view wild life in the zoo. There are benefits to modern living, but often when we look out our windows we see only the works of mankind. Those works may move us to admiration, even appreciation, but they do not inspire worship. That belongs to God alone.

What lifts our hearts to song? It may have been a while since we have spontaneously sing our praise from a heart of grateful praise. Nevertheless, isn’t it about time? Let me start, “I sing the mighty power of God that made the mountains rise . . .” Come on, sing along!

Hymn for Today:

“I Sing the Mighty Power of God” by Isaac Watts

1. We sing the mighty power of God

that made the mountains rise,

that spread the flowing seas abroad

and built the lofty skies.

We sing the wisdom that ordained

the sun to rule the day;

the moon shines full at his command,

and all the stars obey.

2. We sing the goodness of the Lord

that filled the earth with food;

he formed the creatures with his word

and then pronounced them good.

Lord, how your wonders are displayed,

where'er we turn our eyes,

if we survey the ground we tread

or gaze upon the skies.

3. There's not a plant or flower below

but makes your glories known,

and clouds arise and tempests blow

by order from your throne;

while all that borrows life from you

is ever in your care,

and everywhere that we can be,

you, God, are present there.

Thought for Today:

“I sing, for I cannot be silent; His love is the theme of my song” (“Redeemed” by Fanny Crosby).

Prayer Needs:

Many people in Tonga will come to know Jesus the Christ (Yeshua the Messiah) and receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit.

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