Daily Devotional for Thursday, September 26

Why and When To Sing

“Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together,” Psalm 98:7, 8.

This psalm is a song of praise referring not only to the deliverance from the Babylonian captivity but also to the coming of the redemptive work of the Messiah. “The Lord hath made known his salvation” (Psalm 98:2).

The Lord showed who He is by His mighty power of deliverance. The number of times He demonstrated His love for His people by delivering them is countless. He continually remembered them and rescued them. This is how He made known His salvation in the Old Testament.

The Old Testament saints waited for the coming Messiah in hopes of bringing permanent peace. This prophecy was fulfilled in the New Testament when God sent His only Son to die for the whole world. Israel had much to rejoice about each time God would free them, but they did not realize their rejoicing should have been in the power of God and who He is.

Just as God demonstrated His power to Israel, He demonstrates His power in you by the salvation you have received through Christ. You have much to rejoice in for the deliverance you have been given. This psalm opens with a declaration to sing to the Lord, and as His child, you have a lot to sing about.

His creation also testifies of His power, glory and salvation. Verses 7 and 8 give examples of personification. This is a figure of speech that brings to life nonhuman things by attributing it to something human or other living things. These verses illustrate a sea that roars, floods that clap and hills that are joyful. These are things that you can do in the excitement of what God has done for you.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
If creation can make such a noise at the salvation the Lord has given, how much more noise of rejoicing should be heard from you?

Karry Irizarry