Eternal Thankfulness
Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heaven! Praise him for his mighty works; praise his unequaled greatness! Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn; praise him with the lyre and harp! Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes! Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals. Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! Praise the Lord! Psalm 150
There is a lot of praise in Psalm 150, especially when all those instruments, including dance, are performed simultaneously. It would have been glorious in King David’s era or the 21st century.
Sometimes, I wonder if God created life specifically to see what musical scores we could write and arrange to praise him. In heaven, all the theological questions will have been answered. No more sermons, devotionals, or small group Bible studies will exist. The cerebral questions about our faith will be answered. Forty thousand denominations will be unified under one numerator. All that will be left is to praise him with music from across the ages and then repeat, never tiring, always grateful.
From what I know about heaven, we will be singing his praises, thankful that our souls are in the presence of a living, almighty God. Psalm 150 captures a part of it. It will be fabulously awe-inspiring. Bring your earplugs to heaven, folks. It’s going to be a wild, harmonious, high-volume musical extravaganza.
Just think of it: You’ll have all the orchestral instruments (strings, horns, woodwinds) combined with all the percussive devices, many cymbals, and drums (I like drums). If we bring our talents to heaven, God will have made guitars, ukuleles, bells, pianos, keyboards, chimes, and a large pipe organ on the side. You add in a few hundred thousand voices, and, WOW, it will be overwhelming.
When have you been so moved by music that tears of joy flowed freely?
Humans have learned to praise the Lord for centuries in various styles. This is why it will take an eternity to sing and play all the songs and instrumental pieces that praise the Lord. In heaven, we will never tire of singing and dancing his praises. (I won’t be dancing, but I’m sure someone will…just saying.) Hearts will be full, tears of joy will flow, and our gratitude will never end.
In the meantime, worship with gusto. Sing his praises and worship him with music that stirs YOUR soul. Psalm 150 offers a vision of worship on earth and in heaven.
When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, we’ll sing and shout the victory! Eliza Hewitt 1898
There is a lot of praise in Psalm 150, especially when all those instruments, including dance, are performed simultaneously. It would have been glorious in King David’s era or the 21st century.
Sometimes, I wonder if God created life specifically to see what musical scores we could write and arrange to praise him. In heaven, all the theological questions will have been answered. No more sermons, devotionals, or small group Bible studies will exist. The cerebral questions about our faith will be answered. Forty thousand denominations will be unified under one numerator. All that will be left is to praise him with music from across the ages and then repeat, never tiring, always grateful.
From what I know about heaven, we will be singing his praises, thankful that our souls are in the presence of a living, almighty God. Psalm 150 captures a part of it. It will be fabulously awe-inspiring. Bring your earplugs to heaven, folks. It’s going to be a wild, harmonious, high-volume musical extravaganza.
Just think of it: You’ll have all the orchestral instruments (strings, horns, woodwinds) combined with all the percussive devices, many cymbals, and drums (I like drums). If we bring our talents to heaven, God will have made guitars, ukuleles, bells, pianos, keyboards, chimes, and a large pipe organ on the side. You add in a few hundred thousand voices, and, WOW, it will be overwhelming.
When have you been so moved by music that tears of joy flowed freely?
- Is it Handel’s Messiah?
- Is it Well with my Soul? (Spoffard and Bliss)
- Amazing Grace (Newton)
- Blessed be the Name (Moen)
- In Christ Alone (Kraus, Getty)
- Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
- Great is thy Faithfulness (Lavik)
- Oh, It is Jesus (Andre Crouch)
- I Saw the Light (Hank Williams)?
Humans have learned to praise the Lord for centuries in various styles. This is why it will take an eternity to sing and play all the songs and instrumental pieces that praise the Lord. In heaven, we will never tire of singing and dancing his praises. (I won’t be dancing, but I’m sure someone will…just saying.) Hearts will be full, tears of joy will flow, and our gratitude will never end.
In the meantime, worship with gusto. Sing his praises and worship him with music that stirs YOUR soul. Psalm 150 offers a vision of worship on earth and in heaven.
When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus, we’ll sing and shout the victory! Eliza Hewitt 1898
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