Monday - Psalm 95 - Don't Sin, Sing!

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HAT a difference one little letter makes.  Add the letter "G" to the word sin and you have a very new thing.  In this psalm, verses 1 - 7 is an encouraging section on music that honors God.  Verses 8 - 11 address the rebellion and retribution that ancient Jews involved themselves in during the days of Moses.  The choices are simple in this context: sing and rest in God or provoke Him and grieve Him. We generally vacillate back and forth, choosing first one and then the other option.  This is no good!  James 1:8 says, "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways."  We can't get on our horse and ride off in every direction at once.  It just doesn't work.  We must choose a direction (Romans 6:16).

My personal music library has thousands of songs in it.  Just my favorite song list is over 1,500 tracks long.  With a few odd exceptions, these are hundreds and hundreds of songs that direct my attention toward God; joyful noises addressed "to the Rock of our salvation" (Psalm 95:1).  With high and low voices... with rapid and slow beats... with southern twangs and foreign accents, I listened to artists worship Jehovah.  Old songs, new songs; loud ones and soft ones... tune after tune reminds me of Scriptures and doctrines.  Use a song or two (or many) to lift your mind to higher planes each day.  We all spend too many days in the valleys of defeat.  Don't sin with the devil, sing unto the Lord!