“Come, let’s worship and bow down; let’s kneel before the Lord our Maker.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭95‬:‭6‬ ‭CSB‬‬

Often when I’m reading the Bible, I come across a verse that I have memorized because of a song I learned long ago. This is one of those verses. I can’t read the verse without singing the song, at least in my head.

The Psalms are full of verses like that. I guess that’s because the Psalms were largely written to be sung. Many are praise and worship songs written by David. God loved to hear David sing them.

God loves to hear me sing praise songs too. And He will love to hear you sing to Him as well. It doesn’t matter whether I can carry a tune or not. It doesn’t matter whether my song is old or new or just made up on the spot. God hears what’s in my heart. And it makes Him smile.

So what should be in my heart when I sing praise to God? If I sit a while and just contemplate who and what God is, I start to get an idea. God created everything that exists. He could destroy any of it again in a wink without needing to explain His reasons to anyone. But He always has good reasons for everything He does, everything that He allows to happen, and everything that He prevents. Because He is made out of love. He is beautiful so creates beauty and enjoys beauty. And He gets a kick out of it when I appreciate something He made that is beautiful. He loves it when I sing back to Him my acknowledgment of His beauty. When I think of how powerful, holy, good, and beautiful He is, I want to kneel before Him and worship and sing my joy to Him.

Dear God,

I am not a great singer. I will never understand why you like hearing me sing to you. But your word promises me that you do. You are so awesome. When I contemplate all that you are I am filled with awe and wonder and peace. I am so grateful that you love me and have blessed me with your beautiful creation. Remind me to take time to worship you every day and every time I see your beauty.