sing a new song

Psalm 96:12, "let the fields be jubilant and everything in them.  Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy."

There will be a day, a sweet glorious day when Jesus will return.  He came once to save the world by offering His life in place of our sins.  He will come again to judge the world, to judge evil and to set it right. 

The psalmist in this lovely psalm of praise is calling God's people to sing a new song to God...to remember that His blessings are new each day (Lamentations 3:22-23).  To remember the great things He has done for them and that HE created the earth...He is strong and glorious.  Therefore, in the psalmist's estimation, it is only reasonable to worship God because He reigns over all the earth.  

The psalmist then moves to a time will God will return and judge the people with equity.(v.10)  Yesterday I was looking for something on our church's website and I stumbled across Sgt. Mike Smith's funeral.  I watched it again.  Felt the hurt again.  For some reason I just needed to.  Then yesterday, my facebook memory popped up, as they always do 

"One should regard every human being, especially such as God has placed near to him, as a being having the same origin, as created in the image of God, and of the same lofty destination, and should consider himself as under obligation to love him. " ~Delitzsch (from Dr. Constable's notes of Proverbs 14:21  

This, along with Mike's funeral. reminded me that this world is not right...it is not my home.  That there is sadness and hate, but one day, ONE BEAUTIFUL DAY, it will be set right.  Not only people will rejoice, but CREATION will rejoice.  The heavens will rejoice, the earth will be glad, the sea will resound...and my favorite..the fields will be jubilant and the trees of the forest will sing for joy.  What a wonderful song.  I cannot wait to be right there singing along with creation.  

There are songs we sing in church that at one point you are just singing more sounds than words (ooo's sometimes, oh's...whatever) when you are bridging to the chorus.  It's weird but I love it so much, it just is this primal feel of when words are not enough but your soul just wants to sing.  In Luke 19: 32-40 Jesus rode into town and the people laid their coats down and shouted, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!" The disciples began to "joyfully to praise God in loud voices"and the Pharisees (see the world today) told Jesus to calm his disciples.  Jesus answered them, "'I tell you,' he replied
if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out!'"  We were created to sing along with creation.  Come join in the song!