Psalm 95:1-2 – “O come, let us sing for joy to the LORD, Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.  2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.”  NASB

I love the Psalms!  They are filled with wonderful spiritual nuggets that lift my spirit and elevate my view far above the turmoil of this life.  Today I have been struggling with what is happening in our world and the condition of man’s heart as I see it.  Then in my reading, I turned to this Psalm and immediately heard the Holy Spirit ask, “Are you going to just read it, or do it?”  I made the Choice to Rejoice, and my spirit is soaring!

Consider what he said: 

• Let us sing for joy to the LORD – – (A definite decision for us to do something.)
• Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation – – (I realize that might not be dignified, but I have been having a bit of a spell shouting to the Lord here alone in my house and feel good about it.)
• Let us come before His presence with Thanksgiving – – (As I sang to the LORD and shouted to the LORD, my heart was filled with thankfulness.)
• Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms. – – (Yep, that is just what I did!)

You have at least two choices every day and in every situation.  You can turn it all inward and become depressed or look outward and upward and choose to rejoice.  I have done both in life and can testify that the latter is the better of the two choices.

As we go through this day, let us Rejoice with singing to the LORD.  Let us Shout to the LORD, come before Him with a Thankful Heart!  We need to just let go and start singing and shouting the Psalms.  We might be amazed at how therapeutic that can be.

May God be with you as you go through the day!