Shout to Elohim!

 

What an incredible chapter! It holds examples of lifting our highest praise up to Yahweh for all that He has done. It includes physical responses – clapping of the hands. Shouting! Now many will quickly rush to say that one doesn’t have to do these things to praise Yahweh and that is, of course, true.

But if we catch a glimpse of the theme, we see why one might want to. Yahweh is to be feared. He is mighty. He is a King. He subdues one’s enemies. He chooses an inheritance for His People. There is mention of a shout and the blast of a trumpet. Reminiscent perhaps of the events of Mt. Sinai when the creator met with humanity and gave them His Torah, which David had already stated that he loves because it is “perfect, reviving the soul.”

He remembers that this Elohim is the Mighty One that Abraham served. All is under His feet and He alone is highly exalted! Perhaps it would do us well to simply declare all that Yahweh has done today. Who He has been. Who He is to us, in this present moment. Who He will be in the prophesied age to come. Clap your hands all you Peoples! Shout to Elohim with a voice of joy!

Do you want to praise Him today?