A Joyful Noise

Psalm 95:1-3 (NIV)
Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;
let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
For the LORD is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
Psalm 95:1-3 (KJV)
O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

Is there a more beautiful sound anywhere on this earth than hearing the faithful joining together in song which praises and worships God? Not to my ears, there certainly isn't.

I don't guess there's much of a point to this message, other than for us to remember the fact that at least ONE of the reasons we come together for corporate worship on a Sunday morning or a Saturday evening is to join our voices together singing "for joy to the LORD," for making a "joyful noise to the rock of our salvation."

I am reminded in these verses, at least in the King James Version, that the "singing" doesn't necessarily have to be pretty or even melodic when we raise our voices together to worship God. All there needs to be is "joyful noise" that we are in concert with one another in praising Him.

Please, friends...one and all..., don't let something like your own doubts about your "voice" in church keep you from joining all in praise and worship to the King. Do NOT allow yourself to be silent when it is time for joyful voices to come together, with thanksgiving, to lift up the God of the universe, the Lord of all. Let us always "come before Him" and sing...make a joyful noise...to God.

Love, peace, and blessings,

David