BE THOU EXALTED, O GOD, ABOVE THE HEAVENS

Psalm 108  The Message (MSG)

A David Prayer

108 1-2 I’m ready, God, so ready,

    ready from head to toe.

Ready to sing,

    ready to raise a God-song:

“Wake, soul! Wake, lute!

    Wake up, you sleepyhead sun!”

3-6 I’m thanking you, God, out in the streets,

    singing your praises in town and country.

The deeper your love, the higher it goes;

    every cloud’s a flag to your faithfulness.

Soar high in the skies, O God!

    Cover the whole earth with your glory!

And for the sake of the one you love so much,

    reach down and help me—answer me!

7-9 That’s when God spoke in holy splendor:

    “Brimming over with joy,

I make a present of Shechem,

    I hand out Succoth Valley as a gift.

Gilead’s in my pocket,

    to say nothing of Manasseh.

Ephraim’s my hard hat,

    Judah my hammer.

Moab’s a scrub bucket—

    I mop the floor with Moab,

Spit on Edom,

    rain fireworks all over Philistia.”

10-11 Who will take me to the thick of the fight?

    Who’ll show me the road to Edom?

You aren’t giving up on us, are you, God?

    refusing to go out with our troops?

12-13 Give us help for the hard task;

    human help is worthless.

In God we’ll do our very best;

    he’ll flatten the opposition for good.

A Beautiful Expression Suitable For JOYOUS Worship

 

DREAMS AND VISIONS

Psalm 30:5

For His anger is but for a moment,

His favor is for life;

Weeping may endure for a night,

But joy comes in the morning.

JOY, Rinnah (ree-nah) A shout of rejoicing; shouting; loud cheering in triumph; singing. Rinnah describes the jubilation of the righteous when the wicked are eliminated. Zeph. 3:17 literally says that God will dance over His beloved people with singing or a shout of joy. Rinnah may best be illustrated by the testimony of the redeemed, returning to Zion from captivity. Rinnah is a word for both singing and joy. (NSFL)

This morning I woke up to the words "Unspeakable Joy". What a way to wake up! It was not just "Joy", but "Unspeakable Joy". When God speaks, not only do you hear the word spoken, but it radiates through your body. It literally puts JOY into your whole being!

I just laid there, soaking up the "Unspeakable Joy" and began thanking Him for it. Then I prayed that my children would feel the "Unspeakable Joy" the Lord was giving to me and that they would know the good things the Lord gives His beloved.

Then I thought, I need to share this "Unspeakable Joy" with others. I pray that LORD, YHVH GOD, will give you all "Unspeakable Joy". Our GOD has enough JOY for everyone. Amen

Isaiah 12:3,4 (MSG)

3-4 Joyfully you'll pull up buckets of water

from the wells of salvation.

And as you do it, you'll say,

"Give thanks to God.

Call out his name.

Ask him anything!

Shout to the nations, tell them what he's done,

spread the news of his great reputation!

Praise here means to "Lift up You Hands" in adoration to the LORD. A beautiful expression suitable for JOYOUS Worship. -Debi Webster- 2007