July 30

Psalm 96:1 (NIV84)
1 Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the earth.

This is the 2nd time this week in which the Psalmist started off with the line – “sing to the Lord a new song”. I think the Spirit is trying to tell us something.

I love new songs! In fact, I would like to introduce a new song – even 2 new songs at church every week! New songs to me give me a chance to say the same thing a different way to a different tune. I like it! There is a freshness to new songs but I am not sure that the Spirit means that exactly. Bringing that up, there will be many who like “the old songs”, ones that they know and love. I think the reason for that is because when you learned that song, or sung it at a certain time in life, it was really meaningful. (Although some just like the familiar things of life).

The Psalmist here isn’t just talking about getting the new Jesus Culture CD, but is talking about a “fresh” song to the Lord. This type of praise comes right out of our hearts and is sung to God as a great offering! It is something that we create for Him. Lest you think He is the only creator, He lives in us and has given us creative abilities – all of us! You have the capacity to create new songs to Him everyday! If His mercies are new everyday, there must be something new to sign about everyday. Whether you can create a song that has verses and a chorus or one that rhymes, it doesn’t matter! If you can’t sing well, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that we sacrifice the fruit of our lips, our praises that are due to the creator who loves us and sing Him a song out of our hearts. Try it! Start with a thank you song and move on from there! Create something for Him and give it to Him as a present.