Friday - Psalm 98 - With Many Tools

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UR God is extravagantly marvelous.  Because of the magnitude of His personage, it is fitting and appropriate that we utilize every possible tool that we have or that we can obtain in celebrating His greatness.  Because of who He is and because of what He has done, He is worthy of our worship. So, in this Psalm we are commanded to praise God musically with our voice, with cheerful noises, with loud sounds, with harps, with trumpets and cornets.  According to this Psalm, even the sound of crashing waves and echoes off the sides of steep cliffs can be used as tools of praise.

As we offer our sacrifices of praise to God and as He demonstrates His own character to everyone near and far, the possibility of His righteous salvation extending to more of His creatures is increased.  So, let us gather whatever tools we can and use them to declare God's greatness, His righteousness, His justice and His grace.  (See also Psalm 96, as it has many similarities to this Psalm).