Preparing for worship with Psalm 98

Psalm 98:1-9 TNIV

Sing to the Lord a new song,

for he has done marvelous things;

his right hand and his holy arm

have worked salvation for him.

The Lord has made his salvation known

and revealed his righteousness to the nations.

He has remembered his love

and his faithfulness to the house of Israel;

all the ends of the earth have seen

the salvation of our God.

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth,

burst into jubilant song with music;

make music to the Lord with the harp,

with the harp and the sound of singing,

with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn—

shout for joy before the Lord, the King.

Let the sea resound, and everything in it,

the world, and all who live in it.

Let the rivers clap their hands,

let the mountains sing together for joy;

let them sing before the Lord,

for he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness

and the peoples with equity.


My thoughts -

I love the enthusiasm here. Not only are we to sing in worship but we are to "shout for joy" and "burst into jubilant song". Think we should stay composed all throughout worship? Even the rivers are called here to "clap their hands". The seas resound, the mountains sing, all of creation cries out in worship of our awesome God.

I usually like to be pretty cool, calm, and composed. I don't like to get too carried away in anything for fear of looking dumb or crazy. But look at how the Psalmist is describing worship here. There's nothing "cool" about it, nothing "calm" about it, and nothing "composed" it. When we worship we're crying out with all of creation in worship. We're singing and shouting for joy.

Let us sing a new and jubilant song to our marvelous, awesome, righteous, faithful and holy God this morning. Our God is indeed worthy of our shouts of joy.

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