The song of Moses (Exodus 15:1–19) was both declaration and anticipation: it looked back and forward. Within a few hours of singing this masterpiece of praise, however, the Israelites were murmuring! The question that must be asked then is, how many Israelites sang in the congregation that day with no real feeling or sincerity?
We must ask ourselves the same question. Do we sing with the heart or only with the mouth? Is our singing with an engaged mind, a faithful heart, and earnest desire for the God we praise? Meditate this month on the words of the hymns we so often sing.
Psalm 1; Text from the Scottish Metrical Psalter of 1650.That man hath perfect blessedness,
who walketh not astray
In counsel of ungodly men,
nor stands in sinners’ way,Nor sitteth in the scorner’s chair:
But placeth his delight
Upon God’s law, and meditates
on his law day and night.He shall be like a tree that grows
near planted by a river,
Which in his season yields his fruit,
and his leaf fadeth never:And all he doth shall prosper well
The wicked are not so;
But like they are unto the chaff,
which wind drives to and fro.In judgment therefore shall not stand
such as ungodly are;
Nor in th’ assembly of the just
shall wicked men appear.For why? the way of godly men
unto the Lord is known:
Whereas the way of wicked men
shall quite be overthrown.
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