Singing of God's great mercies takes us there

A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. Psalms 89:1 NIV

Some are not known as great singers, like me.  But a good song resonates.  Most of the time it has a “catchy” beat that invites others to join in.  But sometimes it is the subject matter or at least the lyrics that get stuck in your head.  Those lyrics will reverberate at odd times through out your day, even if they have no intrinsic value.  But singing of the Lord’s great love forever (his mercies) always has value to our spirit man and our whole emotional being.

The Hebrew word is a derivative of the God’s covenantal expression of love toward man called “chesed”.  We don’t have one English word that captures the fullness of the expressions of His commitment to love us.   Some synonyms are his love, kindness, mercies, goodness, or his faithfulness.

My desire today is not a word study, but rather a reflection study.  If we are to sing of God’s great love forever, then there should be an abundance of expressions of that love experienced in our lives.  Where do you see God’s “chesed” in operation in your life?  Could you readily spout off ten examples of God’s love toward you?  When our family has bought a new car for us, we see so many other people that own one just like ours.  When you ask the Lord to reveal his commitment of faithfulness you to, his love can be seen in so many ways.

Singing scripture is one of the ways to express God’s love.  The whole point is to intentionally direct our focus to the goodness of God.  There is so much bad news in the world to steal our concentration.  There are ample problems and cares of the world that smother our peace from breathing freely.  There are people who want us to focus on the poor work environment and bad conditions that we must live in.  Singing of God’s love changes the channel.  Singing of God’s goodness helps us to recognize where God is already at work.  Singing of God’s faithfulness brings us into His presence.  Singing of the mercies of the Lord connects us to the close relationship that always exists for those He loves.

Please try to intentionally focus on the Lord’s great love now.  He knows what we need to navigate through this life…singing of his mercies takes us there.