“Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him” (Psalm 98:1).
The psalm quoted above reminds me so much of an answer to the questions in King David’s heartfelt psalm:
“How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?” (Psalm 13:1-2).
In many ways, the cry for the Lord’s deliverance and remembrance is the old song that God’s people have sung throughout the ages: “Deliver us!” Not just from physical dangers and enemies, but also (and more importantly) from the spiritual dangers and enemies we cannot hope to overcome.
We cry out to the only one who can possibly rescue us. He’s our only hope of salvation.
Because of our Savior Jesus, dear Christian, we have a new song to sing to the Lord—a song of thanksgiving and praise for all the marvelous things he has done for us. Not because we’ve earned or deserved the salvation won for us, but because of God’s love and faithfulness to his people.
The struggle I often face as a Christian (and perhaps you’ll relate to this as well) is allowing the newness of that grace-filled song to become old and monotonous.
When the marvelous things that God has done become thought of as commonplace and ordinary, we as God’s people can lose the rhythm and beautiful melody of the new song we’re invited to sing to our Savior-God.
How do we keep that from happening? How do we keep the joy and the newness of the song in our hearts and on our lips as we sing praises to our God?
The prophet Jeremiah provided a helpful answer when considering the Lord’s kindness to his people: “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23).
The more we focus on what God has done, is doing, and promises he will do for us as his dearly loved children in Jesus, the more we see the continued newness of his compassion, mercy, faithfulness, and love in our lives. Those amazing attributes of our God are visible in different ways every day.
We sin against our heavenly Father in so many ways every day. And yet our God’s compassions for us never fail; they are new every morning. Great is his faithfulness to us, even when we are unfaithful to him. Focus on him and his faithfulness.
Watch for the opportunities in your life to give thanks to God, dear Christian. Sing a new song to the Lord every day, for he has done marvelous things. For you. For me. For all who believe—all because of our Savior Jesus.
In Pastor Andrew Schroer’s 364 Days of Thanksgiving, you’ll be encouraged to write down one thing you’re grateful for each day of the year. In doing so, you’ll see the many reasons you have to sing new songs of praise to God every day.
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Alex Brown is the marketing and content copywriter at Northwestern Publishing House. He has his Master of Divinity degree from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary and enjoys reading, writing, and spending time in God’s creation.
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