Monday, August 04, 2008

If one time is not enough...

Try FOUR times! If any of you have ever had any doubt that we should be singing praises to God, read this ONE verse:

"Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises."
Psalm 47:6

I was struck by this verse when I read it today. As my dad is fond of saying, "If the Bible tells us something once, we should pay attention to it." In this case, we're told four times in the same verse to sing praises to God. It's so simple and wonderfully refreshing. In the New Testament we're told to "sing and make melody in our hearts." So, it doesn't even have to be audible. We can sing praises anywhere.

"Praise Him, praise Him, Jesus our Blessed Redeemer."

4 comments:

Dani said...

Ah, one of those good old Elder Sonny Piles quotes that everyone loves. "If the Bible says it once that ought to be sufficent, if it says it more than once it's very important."

Nomos said...

That's a great verse to meditate on.

strem said...

Wow! That kind of hits a person over the head and tells him/her to get with it. If that can't be understood, I don't know what can! Wonderful verse.

His Mercy Endureth Forever said...

We just heard a wonderful sermon this morning using this very verse.