My life is a praise

I did not get far on my studies the night I wrote this journal entry. There were questions I had, that I had no answers to. However, in my worship portion I was reminded that my life and being were made to praise and be a praise to the Lord.

August 24, 2015

Worship:  10,000 Reasons by Matt Redman; Let the Whole World Sing by Degarmo & Key;

10,000 Reasons

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

The sun comes up, it's a new day dawning
It's time to sing Your song again
Whatever may pass, and whatever lies before me
Let me be singing when the evening comes

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

You're rich in love, and You're slow to anger
Your name is great, and Your heart is kind
For all Your goodness I will keep on singing
Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

And on that day when my strength is failing
The end draws near and my time has come
Still my soul will sing Your praise unending
Ten thousand years and then forevermore

Bless the Lord, O my soul
O my soul
Worship His holy name
Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name

Jesus, I'll worship Your holy name
Lord, I'll worship Your holy name

Sing like never before
O my soul
I'll worship Your holy name
Jesus, I'll worship Your holy name
I'll worship Your holy name

https://youtu.be/DXDGE_lRI0E

Let the Whole World Sing

From the beginning You spoke the Word
And from creation Your song was heard
You taught the stars in the sky to sing,
Almighty Father, let everything you've made
Give praises to Your holy name
Let everything on earth proclaim

Let the whole world sing
Sing hallelujah to the King
Let the whole world sing
Lift up your voices, let them ring, let them ring

The angels came to announce his birth,
A Savior born to redeem the earth
The sky was darkened when Jesus died,
Creation watched as He sacrificed for me
And yet He rolled the stone away,
Triumphant over death and grave

Let the whole world sing
Sing hallelujah to the King
Let the whole world sing
Lift up your voices, let them ring, let them ring

All of my life I looked for the reason You created me
I realized my life was given just to sing a song of praise to Thee

Let the whole world sing
Sing hallelujah to the King
Let the whole world sing
Lift up your voices let them ring
Let the whole world sing
Sing hallelujah to the King
Let the whole world sing
Lift up your voices let them ring, let them ring
Ring
Let the whole world sing 

https://youtu.be/HjxS5YabJII

Personal: Shortened sleep day for me. Slept less than 5 hours, but here it has moved now into the next day and I am still up. Heard from my friend. Encouraging testimonies of God work in his life. Thank you God, that my labor has not been totally fruitless, not my work, but Your work in me, as I yield to Your leading, which has often been lacking because of fear. My wife shared that times are getting rough up there because her friend is not working. He is having trouble getting the doctors to sign off on letting him go back to work. Is this the curse brought on him by his and her disobedience? Praying Your will be done Lord. The song “Let the Whole World Sing” came to mind because (God is leading me to think this way) the passage I am studying is about a time when praise will be lifted up to God by the whole world.  The line:

 “All of my life I looked for the reason You created me, I realized my life was given just to sing a song of praise to Thee”

May be overstated, but if I look at my life as a song sung with the words I say and the actions I take, then let my life be a sweet melody and glorious lyrics to the Most High!

Word:

Ps 22:25-23:1 25 From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him. 26 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the Lord! May your hearts live forever! 27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. 28 For kingship belongs to the Lord, and he rules over the nations. 29 All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive. 30 Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation; 31 they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it. ESV Ps 22:25-23:1 25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows. 26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the Lord will praise him — may your hearts live forever! 27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, 28 for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations. 29 All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him — those who cannot keep themselves alive. 30 Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord. 31 They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn — for he has done it. NIV

This is a somewhat difficult section to put together. How many people groups are we talking about? Verse 30 and 31 seem to speak of two, but how many are spoken of in verse 29? That’s where it gets murky. Also, when will this take place? Certainly nothing like this has happened yet. The “rich” certainly have feasted and worshipped but all have not as this passage describes.

My adventure so far in the commentaries has not cleared things up. Some don’t see the universal scope of this passage as a simple reading would apply. Others go back and forth from the future to the past then forward again. One thing is clear, that both rich and poor, both alive and dead will worship the Lord. I will retire now and research more tomorrow.