You Have Music Lessons Ahead

Sing to the LORD with grateful praise; make music to our God on the harp. Psalm 147:7 NIV

Tomorrow we celebrate a holiday of grateful praise to God our Father. And, you have music lessons ahead of you on the harp. Hey, no resistance now, this is a command straight out of the Bible. Oh, you only use the authorized version of the Bible. No problem:

Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God. Psalm 147:7 KJV!

Now you can learn to sing on the harp in those lessons. At times we may wonder why those who insist upon absolute obedience to the Bible are not more accomplished harpists. The command seems simple enough as we read it in our verse for today: Sing and make music to God on the harp. And yet few churches can boast of a harp on the stage. And men, from my observation of orchestras and other music groups, we are behind in harpist count to the women at about 99 of them to every one of us. The harp symphony of the Pharisees in our Lord's time must have been quite the sound! No mention of that anywhere in the Bible though, Were they disobedient too?

Ah, the day before a big holiday, and one to feel a little gentle humor in the soul as we celebrate with thanksgiving to God. It is verses such as this one that remind us of God's mercy and grace to us through His Son Jesus. Try as I might in my might to obey every word of the Lord, it is a verse like this that will bring me up short every time. Noise I could make on a harp, but music? Even my singing tends to wander about the keys and notes a bit, much like a puppy checking out every tree and bush. Thanksgiving though? Yes, now there I can do some good with you as we give thanks to our Lord for His grace, love, goodness, faithfulness, and joy!

Love to you as we go giving praise and thanks to our Lord,

Bucky