It is Time to Sing

Not sure if anyone noticed, but last Monday I got ahead of myself and posted on Luke 1:5-17 which was meant for today.  Because of that I never got a chance to write on Psalm 95, so I am going to do that today.

Psalm 95:1 (NASB)  "O come, let us sing for joy to the LORD, Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation."

I love to read from Psalms and study the words and then try to express how a particular Psalm is speaking to my heart that day. Often I will begin with my journal, reading through the words for the Psalm and as soon as a line or a word jumps from the page, I write that down and expound on it. I know that the Word of God is living and active. (Hebrews 4:12) I experience it daily.  Do you?

This week we are writing about Advent, the time when we prepare for the Birth of Christ.  The words from verse 6 help me to prepare for this holy time. "Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker." (Psalm 95:6 NASB)  Doesn't this line invoke a vision of the manger, the Holy Scene we see all around during this season of waiting and watching?

This week, as we begin to hear Christmas songs on the radio and in church, let's think of the words and embrace the meaning of Christmas like never before. Consider how this season is time to remember Christ's mission was to save us, to redeem us and give us New Life.  Now that is something to sing about!

Psalm 95