let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Psalm 95:1
Psalms are for singing! The people of God were already singing the Psalms for at least a thousand years when Jesus was born! And we have been singing them ever since!
Psalm 95:1 was part of our Introit on Sunday. Each week when we chant the Introit we are singing part of an ancient Psalm that God’s people have been faithfully singing since David first picked up his lyre.
Psalm 95 begins “Oh come, let us sing to the Lord.” These two verbs “come” and “sing” are keys to the Christian life. Sunday after Sunday Christians come to church and sing. In their singing of Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs they are strengthened in faith.
Did you notice the invitation to come and sing? The pronoun is US. Singing in the church is collective activity. When I hear you and all the other gathered Christians sing, I am encouraged. It is fine to hear yourself sing in the shower but how much more of a blessing it is to join with all the saints in singing praise to God in His Holy House.
Singing in church is more than listening to beautiful solos and groups of singers. It is joining with the unrestrained happiness and joy of knowing the Rock of our salvation—Jesus Christ, born, lived, died, and rose again for you and me!
Some of us are blessed with high voices and some with low, some with loud and some with soft, some sing on pitch and some not so much. Regardless of our abilities this Psalm invites us to MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE to the rock of our salvation!
Oh come! Let us gather together in church this week to sing to the Lord. Let the rafters be raised by the joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation, Jesus Christ, our Lord!
Prayer: O Rock of our salvation, thank you for the gift of eternal life. Grant that my lungs will swell this Sunday with a joyful noise of praise and thanksgiving to You for all of Your benefits to me. Amen.
God’s richest blessings in Christ,
Pastor Philip Quardokus
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