WHAT IS A NEW SONG
THE
MYSTERY OF SOUND (TMS)
June
8th 2017 Seminar Material
THEME:
A NEW SONG
TOPIC:
WHAT IS A NEW SONG
INSTRUCTOR:
JATAU JANET
What
Is A New Song
Let’s understand the word NEW.
1. Recently made, or created.
2. Additional; recently discovered.
3. Current or later, as opposed to former.
3. Used to distinguish something established more recently.
4. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or
used.
5. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
6. Newborn, of recent origin; having taken place recently.
7. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
8. Recently arrived or appeared.
We all love old music. Whether it’s
centuries old or even just a few months, the tunes we enjoy most are
unavoidably the ones we already know. And there’s no getting around it. Music has a
strange power to capture thoughts and feelings from the past, recent or long
ago, and send them streaming into our present at the sound of just a few bars.
It’s a common experience to find yourself
moved by some old song that you’ve sung for years. And if it’s
a Christian hymn or worship chorus, you might feel freshly connected to God’s
amazing faithfulness, not just through the ages, but in your particular life.
Three Psalms start with precisely these words —
Psalms 96, 98, and 149 — “sing to the Lord a new song.”
As does Isaiah 42:10 (“sing to the Lord a new song”)
and Psalm 33:3 (“sing to him a new song”).
And Psalm 144:9 adds its voice to the chorus, “I will sing a new song to you, O God.”
Why is this the case? Psalm 40 gives us a clue.
Psalms 40:1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined
unto me, and heard my cry. 40:2 He
brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet
upon a rock, and established my goings. 40:3 and he hath put a new song in my
mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust
in the LORD.
The psalmist has “waited patiently for the Lord”
for some deliverance. God hears him, and rescues him, and one of the things he
does for him in the deliverance is “he put a new song in my mouth, a song
of praise to our God” (Psalm 40:3).
New songs of praise are appropriate for new rescues and
fresh manifestations of grace. As long as God is gracious toward us, as long as
he keeps showing us his power, and wowing us with his works, it is fitting that
we sing new songs about his ever-streaming, never-ceasing grace.
God will never cease to inspire awe in us about the breadth
and depth and height of who he is and his mindboggling love for us in Christ,
and we get the joy of continuing to create and sing new songs of praise to him
for it.
If we take our cues from the worship of heaven in the book
of Revelation, and get a little foretaste now of the feast of worship to come,
it seems God would have us blend in new songs with the old as we prepare to “sing
of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever” (Psalm 89:1).
In Revelation 15:3, we’re told that “those
who had conquered the beast” sing “the song of Moses”
—
which is an old song, from Exodus 15 or Deuteronomy 32 —
but they also sing “the song of the Lamb,”
a new song. So also the worshipers of heaven are said to be “singing
a new song” in Revelation 14:3. And in Revelation
5:9, the four living creatures and 24 elders “sang a new song.”
Forever God will continue to “show the immeasurable riches of his
grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 2:7), and as he does.
So what Does It Mean To Sing A New Song To The Lord?
Psalm 96: 1 -5
ESV
1 Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the
earth! 2 Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to
day. 3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the
peoples! 4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared
above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the
LORD made the heavens. 6 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and
beauty are in his sanctuary.
KJV
1 O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the
earth. 2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day
to day. 3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. 4
For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all
gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the
heavens.
Psalm 98: 1 also talks about singing a new song to the Lord.
One definition of the word new is “made or become fresh."
A new song that I can sing to the Lord could be a fresh song of praise,
declaring the great deeds He has done for me. Another definition of new is “original.”
A new song could be an original song of praise that I have written to the Lord.
These are songs that I not only sing to the Lord, but that I should use as a declaration
to others of the Lord's glory and marvelous deeds.
A couple of cool definitions for the word fresh, which is a
synonym of new: "pure; free from taint; not stale; full of or renewed in
vigor."
CONCLUSION:
I reckon that since the Hebrews used Psalms in worship, they
sang this Psalm more than once, so this isn't some mandate to use ' new ' songs
all the time.
A new song might be an old song, sung with an inward
freshness of spirit that proclaims what God is doing in your life.
TMS Contact:
Elmond Isaiah
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