Psalm 92- Retirement and Music (Day 3)

Ps 92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord,and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning,and thy faithfulness every night,3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery;upon the harp with a solemn sound. KJV

Retirement is about time. You're not on the clock for "the man", but have time to get in sync with eternity. Time and eternity; which brings me to worship. We talked yesterday about art reflecting the glory of heaven. Music and worship also reflects a bit of heaven, but in a different way. In my mind, true worship is opening your ear to the sounds of heaven and singing in harmony with the angels. We can't truly appreciate the heavenly worship though, since we are trapped in space and time, but Psalm 92 gives us a way to blend time and eternity; to show forth his love in the morning and his faithfulness at night, first one, then the other. For just as our earthy music is bound by rhythm, tempo and measure, our worship can be timed to alternate between the eternal aspects of heavenly praise: love, joy, peace, faithfulness, glory and awe. While the angels sing all the glorious attributes of God continually and eternally, we can sing one, then play another in it's turn, and in harmony. The ten stringed instrument is ten sounds in one, but is only music if all ten strings are in tune with one another. Thus we can blend the worship of all the magnificent attributes of God in harmony and in time.

It may seem like a small thing, but to me, the time to spend in praise and worship is a great blessing. In many ways, this life is just choir practice, and the more we get in tune with the heavenly choir now, the more easily we will slip across the great divide into heaven, when that time comes. The American way is for retirement to be a time to enjoy yourself, but in the Kingdom of Heaven, retirement is time to enjoy the Lord and to prepare to spend eternity with Him. Singing and playing Psalm 92 is a great way to give glory to the Lord. Can you sing along with me?

Psalm 92 has been much beloved through the years and has been set to music in various styles.  You can find many versions on YouTube.  Some examples:

70's Charismatic: Maranatha Singers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLUk7LwKaLk

Israeli: Micha'el Eliyahu BenDavid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gayuWirxkY

Gospel: Wanda Barnes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9dwAzfQ-bI