Clarence the Angel had a terrible deficiency.
What was it? No not his wings…he wasn’t able to see clearly what others could
see. When he won his wings he would be
able to see more clearly as well. Wings
would have meant nothing without the ability to see clearly.
Fascinating – recently I was
complemented on my singing in the musical. That is always odd to me because I
have always had a low opinion of my singing ability…and with good reason: I
can’t sing very well. OK I can carry a tune and do ok sometimes but don’t have
much trust in my ability because I used to not be able to carry a tune in a
bucket. It is even worse if it is a song
I don’t know – you know – a NEW SONG. Today in church NEW SONGS are harder and
easier than ever to introduce. Harder because they don’t always have the melody
played out note by note like most hymns. Harder because we no longer have notes
to follow. Harder because we don’t learn
how to sing in school like we used too.
Harder because the generation gap of music - no that has always been
true. Easier because generations have
now grown up without hymnals and they more quickly catch on. Easier because
most new church music is played on the radio.
What does your new song look like for
2015? Can you see the lyrics and the notes?
Can you see the key signature and the timing and the repeats? Can you
see the crescendo and the largo? Can you see the treble and the bass
cleft? What does your new song look
like? Let’s SEE what God’s word says about “New songs!”
The 1
through 3’s
PLAY WITH SKILL, SING A NEW SONG,
SHOUT FOR JOY
Psalm 33:1-3
Sing joyfully to the Lord, you
righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. 2
Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. 3 Sing to him a new
song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.
SING WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR YOU AND
OTHERS WILL TRUST HIM
Psalm 40:1-3
I waited patiently for the Lord; he
turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of
the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a
firm place to stand. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord.
PROCLAIM GOD’S SALVATION GLORY AND
MARVELOUS DEEDS
Psalm 96:1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after
day. 3 Declare his glory among the
nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
WHY SING A NEW SONG?
GOD HAS WORKED HIS SALVAITON, MADE IT KNOW,
AND WE HAVE SEEN IT!
Psalm 98:1-9 (entire
Psalm)
Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his
right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. 2
The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to
the nations. 3 He has remembered his
love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth
have seen the salvation of our God. 4 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song
with music; 5 make music to the Lord
with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, 6 with trumpets and the blast of the ram's
horn — shout for joy before the Lord, the King. 7 Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live
in it. 8 Let the rivers clap their
hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; 9 let them sing before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He
will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.
MY COMMITMENT TO SING A NEW SONG
(Servant & King)
Ps 144:9-10
I will sing a new song to you, O God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make
music to you, 10 to the One who gives victory to kings, who
delivers his servant David from the deadly sword.
SING A NEW SONG IN THE ASSEMBLY
Psalm 149:1-5
Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a
new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints. 2
Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their
King. 3 Let them praise his name
with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. 4 For the Lord takes delight in his people; he
crowns the humble with salvation. 5
Let the saints rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. IN THE ASSEMBLY AND EVERYWHERE Isaiah 42:10-13 Sing to the Lord a new song, his
praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is
in it, you islands, and all who live in them. 11 Let the desert and its towns raise their voices; let the settlements
where Kedar lives rejoice. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout
from the mountaintops. 12 Let them
give glory to the Lord and proclaim his praise in the islands. 13 The Lord will march out like a mighty man,
like a warrior he will stir up his zeal; with a shout he will raise the battle
cry and will triumph over his enemies.
LOOKING THROUGH CLEAN WINDOWS
A young couple moves into
a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young
woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside.
'That laundry is not very clean', she said. 'She doesn't know how to wash
correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap'
Her husband looked on,
but remained silent. Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the
young woman would make the same comments.
About one month later,
the woman was surprised to see nice clean wash on the line and said to her
husband: 'Look,
she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her how to do it?'
The woman’s husband said, 'I got
up early this morning and cleaned our windows.'
And so it is with life. What we see while watching others,
depends on the purity of the window through which we look.
Your
new song for 2015 might have been dependant on what others say and do – Now you
realize that the only one who can see it…and sing it…is you. You write the
lyrics based on the new vision God has given you for this new year. How your
music looks and sound – what the melody is, is determined by your relationship
to the one who created music – the one who created you…His name is Jesus.
Revelation 5:6-13
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it
had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four
living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are
the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7
He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne. 8 And when he had taken it, the four living
creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a
harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers
of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song: "You
are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain,
and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and
people and nation. 10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve
our God, and they will reign on the earth." 11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many
angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten
thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. 12 In a loud voice they sang: "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and
wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!" 13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and
on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise
and honor and glory and power.”
Psalm 33:1-3, Psalm
40:1-3, Psalm 96:1-3, Psalm 98, Psalm 144:9-10, Psalm 149:1-5, Isaiah 42:10-13,
Revelation 5:6-13
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