Psalm 147 cont’d:
The Lord sustains the humble but
casts the wicked to the ground. Sing to the Lord with grateful praise;
make music to our God on the harp.
Sounds pretty harsh, doesn’t it, that God casts the wicked to the
ground?
Think about the law of gravity.
Is it harsh for a person to fall to their death if they step off a
building, knowing that law? Of course
not. It’s the same when people choose to
disobey the commands of God, thus defying his law, and hurling themselves to
the ground.
However, those who humble themselves to God’s law of love and
mercy will be sustained, and their feet will not fall. Pretty cool, right?
So therefore, knowing the great sustenance the Lord provides, we
are to sing to him with “grateful” praise and make music on the harp.
Did you know we can sing to him without grateful praise? I’ve done it before, and it’s laborious and
probably a stink to his nostrils.
Why the harp? That was the
most recognized instrument back then, so I think God was saying to pick up what
you have in front of you, and play to him.
Play your instrument.
It’s a natural and spiritual response to realize his sustaining
power, his just retribution to those who refuse it, and then to break out in
worship on the instrument nearest us, in grateful praise unto him.
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