Recently, I’ve been pondering the idea and theme of “a new song” and juxtaposing it and contrasting it to the songs, rhythms, and beats of the world. It’s not to say that the all the songs and rhythms of the world are bad but they often or at times contradict what I believe to be the most essential song of the Lord:
You are mine. You – Man & Woman – bear my image and are created in the Image of God.
God was serious about that song that even when sin, chaos, and cacophony enters into the human soul, we are given the Savior – Jesus Christ.
Here’s the message [video] from last Sunday about The Human Soul and Singing a New Song. As you listen to the message, ponder these words from Psalm 96:
1 Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the earth.2 Sing to the LORD, praise his name;
proclaim his salvation day after day.3 Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.4 For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
he is to be feared above all gods.5 For all the gods of the nations are idols,
but the LORD made the heavens.6 Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and glory are in his sanctuary.7 Ascribe to the LORD, all you families of nations,
ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.8 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
bring an offering and come into his courts.9 Worship the LORD in the splendor of his [a] holiness;
tremble before him, all the earth.10 Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.”
The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
he will judge the peoples with equity.11 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let the sea resound, and all that is in it.12 Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.13 Let all creation rejoice before the LORD, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples in his faithfulness.
