Psalms 149 – 150
Verse 149:1 seems like a perfect opening to one of the last Psalms:
Praise the LORD!
Sing to the LORD a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the godly!
Often times we get stuck in a repetitive prayer, like the Lord’s Prayer, and just keeprepeating it over and over. The Lord’s Prayer was a model and not a word for word recital. This prayer or Psalm is ensuring we get out of that rut and sing a “new song” to the Lord. We can use the Lord’s Prayer as a model, praise God, as for his will, pray for others, confess your sins and then pray for yourself. The only thing I tend to modify is push the confession thing to the top, reason being is it ensures God’s ears are open and we have cleared the junk away.
Throughout the Psalms we are reminded to “sing a new song” more than once. Psalms 33, 40, 96, 98, 144 and 149 all talk about a new song. I think the reason He wants that from us is because it means we are thinking about Him and making it personal. We recite a prayer over and over, out connection gets soft. We focus on the ritual and not the spirit. I know for almost a year all I prayed was the Prayer of Jabez. Over and over, once I broke from that things seemed to free up between God and I.
Try making a new song, don’t worry about performing it in front of the church, but just sing something from the heart. Make it a song of thanks, of praise, of joy or of need but just try. I will this week and take it one step further, post it on YouTube!! It will be short and sweet, but take this challenge.
Verse 150:6 ends with what we are going to do:
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD!
Praise the LORD!
We get caught in the moment so often and forget to do this. God doesn’t want to hear how great He is, but if you say it that shows Him you understand. God is the only one on record to create something from nothing. Think about that! Since the age of science and discovery we have landed a man on the moon, yet have never created something from nothing or for that matter made something living from something non-organic. Now the Science Dictatorship will tell you it just happens when you have an infinite amount of time.
We need to be amazed at everything in creation! Every bird that flies is incredible and how it took mankind 5 to 6000 years to figure it out. Every worm that helps decompose the waste produced and is also used to feed those birds that fly. It’s all interconnected and amazing, PRAISE GOD!!