Sing Joyfully
V1
when a dress fits you, you wear it happily.
when a jewelry looks good for you, you will adore yourself with that.
The Word says, The Praises of the Lord fits perfectly for a righteous person.
For a unbeliever/ for a person who is not washed by the blood , for them the praises does not suit because they dont know the joy of being clothed with righteousness,
but for you and me the righteousness of Christ s given and the praises of the Lord fits perfectly for each one of us.
You may be of any color of any region of any language, it doesnt matter, but what matters is if you are a person washed by blood of Jesus Christ, the no matter who you are , the praises of the Lord fits you.
Remember the dress or jewelry is good, somebody will tell you.
But here the Word o God says it fits you perfectly.
When you have a nice dress or jewelry that fits you, if you dont use it or just keep it a locker, never uses it then it is of no use.
Similarly, the praises fits you perfectly and if you dont sing it and just look depressed all the time then it is of no use.
When some nice dress or nice jewelry suits us, then we try to wear it very frequently because we look good in it and we love it.
Similarly, the praises of God suits a believer perfectly why not wear it every time.
V 2 & 3
The message translation says
Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs!
Play his praise on a grand piano!
Invent your own new song to him;
give him a trumpet fanfare.
This verse says play skillfully, give your best. Give him a trumpet fanfare
When a football team or cricket team returns victoriously, the people arrange parades and give them big fanfare, nobody forces them to do it but out of love they give that fanfare they give their best.
How about us when we gather as Church, give Him the best, instruments give your best.
just think how much skillfully David would have played the instruments for His God.
singers give your best.
not only people who lead us, do your best.
ushers do it skillfully,
Sunday school teachers, give your best to the kids,
people who cook food and bring it,
Do everything because you are not doing to please a man.
But you are doing it for the glory of God.
V 4 - 9
The Lord loves the righteousness and justice.
If a wife loves the husband she will know what he likes and cooks accordingly.
Know what the Lord loves and do it in your life.
He made the heavens with His Word.
by His breath he made all the host.
Psalmist says He is might creator, let all the earth fear Him. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
When you come to the presence of God, be gripped with that awesomeness of God.
Have Reverence to the Most High God.
Sadly, these are the days where people gripped by gadgets, whats going on in whatsapp, what email i get,what textmessage that i got and even when you come to the presence of the Lord, you some play a video game, some keep looking at whatsapp messages, some keep texting.
Remember what God said to Moses, by striking the Rock,
"Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."
Do you wan to see what is to have reverence to God.
God who is enthroned above Cherubim.
God of glory, God of Might,God of Power.
Children of Israel looked at God as God who is enthroned above Cherubim.
Psalm 80:1 - Go who is enthroned above the Cherubim.
Psalm 18:10 -God who rode upon Cherub
To understand this God who is enthroned above Cherubim.
Cherub are different types of angels in the presence of God.
Ezekiel 10:21 - gives the description of how Cherub looks like
21 Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands.
Now coming to Man, when Adam and Eve sinned and were thrown out of garden of Eden
and in Genesis 3:24 it says
24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.
So whenever anybody try to transgress to go to the tree of Life, the Cherub and the Flaming Sword will slain them.
Now after that times passed by then came Moses.
When God gives commands to Moses on how to build the tabernacle.
In Exodus 25:V17-22
7 “You shall make a [p]mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half [q]cubits [r]long and one and a half cubits [s]wide. 18 You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work [t]at the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 Make one cherub [u]at one end and one cherub [v]at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. 20 The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and [w]facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat. 21 You shall put the mercy seat [x]on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. 22 There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.
So we see that Cherub were on either side of Mercy Seat.
Whenever the high priest enters the holy of Holies.
Exodus 26:V1 and V
1 “Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and [a]blue and purple and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
31 “You shall make a veil of [at]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine
twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
So we see that even the tabernacle curtains and even the veil was crafted with Cherubim.
So whenever a priest enters the tabernacle, he always sees the cherubim, on the curtains, when he in the holy place and when he goes to most holy place there also he sees this Cherubim.
The Holy of Holies:
Ark of Covenant,(golden pot(manna), Aarons Rod,tablets)
Cover t with Mercy seat
Upon Mercy seat - put 2 Cherubim.
And I will dwell in the midst of Cherubim
This is how we understand the Word Shekinah. God dwells between Cherubim.
I will dwell in the midst of Cherubim, brought a huge weight upon people of Israel.
they say we have a God who dwells in our midst that we cannot go to Him.
when a high priest enters only once a year.
The picture of Cherubim always gave them the picture of Adam sent out of Eden.
Since Israelite's moved from one place to another.
When people come to move the Tabernacle.
when they lift up their heads,they would see curtains with pictures of cherubim
Oh God who dwells between Cherubim.
Even the Veil has picture of Cherubim.
So as soon they came to worship
2 people went to the temple
pharisee was so proud
another guy looked at Cherubim and fell on his face and confessed his sin.
When Solomon built the temple, the pictures of cherubim is all over the walls.
So any one comes into the temple, they would see cherubim all over the place, and there was fear of God.
Today we need to say to people please turn off your cell phones.please don't talk.
If it is like this that God dwells in the midst of Cherubim, but thanks to God that Lord Jesus came and torn the veil.
Dear Church, Living in this prosperous country, Let us have the fear of God.
Let us reverence to this God Most High.
It is not a destructive fear, It is a constructive fear, the fear of God.
V 10,11
whose counsel are we taking in every aspect of our life.
In our every decisions, do we take the counsel of the Lord or do we go by counsel of the world.
God frustrates the plans of the peoples.
when a man gives counsel, he can think of it for that moment or the effect of that decision for some years.
But when God gives counsel, He looks at generations to come and gives the counsel.
Example of Saul not killing out all the agagites.
Do you take the counsel of the Lord.
V 13-15
The Lord looks down from heaven and see the hearts of man.
We should always be in the constant reminder that God is seeing.
Many times we are concerned whether people seeing or not.
Whatever you do, do it knowing fully well that the God is looking down into my life every moment.
V1
when a dress fits you, you wear it happily.
when a jewelry looks good for you, you will adore yourself with that.
The Word says, The Praises of the Lord fits perfectly for a righteous person.
For a unbeliever/ for a person who is not washed by the blood , for them the praises does not suit because they dont know the joy of being clothed with righteousness,
but for you and me the righteousness of Christ s given and the praises of the Lord fits perfectly for each one of us.
You may be of any color of any region of any language, it doesnt matter, but what matters is if you are a person washed by blood of Jesus Christ, the no matter who you are , the praises of the Lord fits you.
Remember the dress or jewelry is good, somebody will tell you.
But here the Word o God says it fits you perfectly.
When you have a nice dress or jewelry that fits you, if you dont use it or just keep it a locker, never uses it then it is of no use.
Similarly, the praises fits you perfectly and if you dont sing it and just look depressed all the time then it is of no use.
When some nice dress or nice jewelry suits us, then we try to wear it very frequently because we look good in it and we love it.
Similarly, the praises of God suits a believer perfectly why not wear it every time.
V 2 & 3
The message translation says
Use guitars to reinforce your Hallelujahs!
Play his praise on a grand piano!
Invent your own new song to him;
give him a trumpet fanfare.
This verse says play skillfully, give your best. Give him a trumpet fanfare
When a football team or cricket team returns victoriously, the people arrange parades and give them big fanfare, nobody forces them to do it but out of love they give that fanfare they give their best.
How about us when we gather as Church, give Him the best, instruments give your best.
just think how much skillfully David would have played the instruments for His God.
singers give your best.
not only people who lead us, do your best.
ushers do it skillfully,
Sunday school teachers, give your best to the kids,
people who cook food and bring it,
Do everything because you are not doing to please a man.
But you are doing it for the glory of God.
V 4 - 9
The Lord loves the righteousness and justice.
If a wife loves the husband she will know what he likes and cooks accordingly.
Know what the Lord loves and do it in your life.
He made the heavens with His Word.
by His breath he made all the host.
Psalmist says He is might creator, let all the earth fear Him. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
When you come to the presence of God, be gripped with that awesomeness of God.
Have Reverence to the Most High God.
Sadly, these are the days where people gripped by gadgets, whats going on in whatsapp, what email i get,what textmessage that i got and even when you come to the presence of the Lord, you some play a video game, some keep looking at whatsapp messages, some keep texting.
Remember what God said to Moses, by striking the Rock,
"Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them."
Do you wan to see what is to have reverence to God.
God who is enthroned above Cherubim.
God of glory, God of Might,God of Power.
Children of Israel looked at God as God who is enthroned above Cherubim.
Psalm 80:1 - Go who is enthroned above the Cherubim.
Psalm 18:10 -God who rode upon Cherub
To understand this God who is enthroned above Cherubim.
Cherub are different types of angels in the presence of God.
Ezekiel 10:21 - gives the description of how Cherub looks like
21 Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands.
Now coming to Man, when Adam and Eve sinned and were thrown out of garden of Eden
and in Genesis 3:24 it says
24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.
So whenever anybody try to transgress to go to the tree of Life, the Cherub and the Flaming Sword will slain them.
Now after that times passed by then came Moses.
When God gives commands to Moses on how to build the tabernacle.
In Exodus 25:V17-22
7 “You shall make a [p]mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half [q]cubits [r]long and one and a half cubits [s]wide. 18 You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work [t]at the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 Make one cherub [u]at one end and one cherub [v]at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. 20 The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and [w]facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat. 21 You shall put the mercy seat [x]on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. 22 There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.
So we see that Cherub were on either side of Mercy Seat.
Whenever the high priest enters the holy of Holies.
Exodus 26:V1 and V
1 “Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and [a]blue and purple and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
31 “You shall make a veil of [at]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine
twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.
So we see that even the tabernacle curtains and even the veil was crafted with Cherubim.
So whenever a priest enters the tabernacle, he always sees the cherubim, on the curtains, when he in the holy place and when he goes to most holy place there also he sees this Cherubim.
The Holy of Holies:
Ark of Covenant,(golden pot(manna), Aarons Rod,tablets)
Cover t with Mercy seat
Upon Mercy seat - put 2 Cherubim.
And I will dwell in the midst of Cherubim
This is how we understand the Word Shekinah. God dwells between Cherubim.
I will dwell in the midst of Cherubim, brought a huge weight upon people of Israel.
they say we have a God who dwells in our midst that we cannot go to Him.
when a high priest enters only once a year.
The picture of Cherubim always gave them the picture of Adam sent out of Eden.
Since Israelite's moved from one place to another.
When people come to move the Tabernacle.
when they lift up their heads,they would see curtains with pictures of cherubim
Oh God who dwells between Cherubim.
Even the Veil has picture of Cherubim.
So as soon they came to worship
2 people went to the temple
pharisee was so proud
another guy looked at Cherubim and fell on his face and confessed his sin.
When Solomon built the temple, the pictures of cherubim is all over the walls.
So any one comes into the temple, they would see cherubim all over the place, and there was fear of God.
Today we need to say to people please turn off your cell phones.please don't talk.
If it is like this that God dwells in the midst of Cherubim, but thanks to God that Lord Jesus came and torn the veil.
Dear Church, Living in this prosperous country, Let us have the fear of God.
Let us reverence to this God Most High.
It is not a destructive fear, It is a constructive fear, the fear of God.
V 10,11
whose counsel are we taking in every aspect of our life.
In our every decisions, do we take the counsel of the Lord or do we go by counsel of the world.
God frustrates the plans of the peoples.
when a man gives counsel, he can think of it for that moment or the effect of that decision for some years.
But when God gives counsel, He looks at generations to come and gives the counsel.
Example of Saul not killing out all the agagites.
Do you take the counsel of the Lord.
V 13-15
The Lord looks down from heaven and see the hearts of man.
We should always be in the constant reminder that God is seeing.
Many times we are concerned whether people seeing or not.
Whatever you do, do it knowing fully well that the God is looking down into my life every moment.
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