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Psalm 71:23a "My lips shall greatly rejoice..."
Day 341 – Psalm 71
“My lips shall greatly rejoice…” Psalm 71:23a
NEVER JUST TECHNICAL SKILLS
Technical skills are always good to acquire and cultivate. Technical skills are needed to make music sound even better. However the singing of praise to God must go beyond mere technical skills. This is intimated in the following text.
“My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,
And my soul, which You have redeemed.”
Psalm 71:23
1. “When I sing to You”
a) The focus is on singing to God.
b) Under discussion is the subject of singing.
2. “My lips shall greatly rejoice”
a) Much more than vocal excellence is in mind here.
b) The lips of the singer must “greatly rejoice”.
i) This joy must be real.
ii) It must be greatly felt.
3. “And my soul”
a) This suggests that a song well sung comes from the depths of the soul.
b) The soul must sing with the greatest sense of rejoicing in the Lord.
4. “Which You have redeemed”
a) Deliverance is in mind.
b) Deliverance from sin and shame.
c) Deliverance from enemies.
d) Deliverance from death.
5. The lips of the redeemed
Only those who have experienced redemption would offer such praise!