Sing to the Lord

Why should we sing to the Lord? And what should we sing about? Here is what David said in Psalm 30 verses 4 and 5.

Sing to the Lord, you saints of his;  praise his holy name.
For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

We sing to the Lord because this is what the Bible tells us to do. When we sing to him, we are to sing songs that praise his holy name. This doesn’t mean that is the only things we can sing about, but our highest and best songs should be praising his name.

To do that we must remember that the Lord is often angry with us when we sin against him. But when we repent of those sins, we are assured that his favor lasts forever. We know this because Jesus has taken the eternal punishment for our sins. In place of our sins, he gives us his eternal life imputed to us.

This psalm points us to Jesus who died and his disciples wept for a night. But their rejoicing came in the morning when Jesus was resurrected. That is the way our life is when we turn to Jesus for salvation. We weep over our sins and ask for forgiveness. Then he gives us joy in know he has forgiven us.

Then we sing to the Lord praising the name of Jesus.

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God bless you!