An Assortment of Thoughts

Well today at House of Prayer we began to look at Psalm 33 (each week we chose a different Psalm or a passage of Scripture to focus on in the devotional times of prayer).

The first 3 verses are an introductory call to worship and in verse 3 there is a familiar exhortation to 'sing to the Lord a new song'. Have you ever wondered why the idea of singing a new song is so common in the Psalms? What's wrong with the traditional songs? Why does God want a 'new' song? 

So consider this: a new song about God requires a new revelation of God. Now obviously I'm not talking about brand new concepts of God but when the reality of who God is strikes or impacts our heart in a new way.  The problem is that so often we rely on singing songs of other people that come from their own revelation of who God is. Sure, it's a catchy tune, but it requires virtually no personal revelation or encounter with God.

What God desires is to be worshiped with new songs of praise and the best new songs flow out of new revelation that come from growing in the knowledge of God.

Tomorrow is April 26 and the evening of prayer that House of Prayer Edmonton is hosting for the Federal Election. My previous post was about why we should gather to pray for the election. I'm quite excited about it and will keep you posted about how it goes.