Sing A New Song

Psalm 33:3, 96:1, 98:1,149:1, 144:9 & Isaiah 42:10



The psalmist encouraged us to sing
        And he wanted a new song,
And even the Prophet Isaiah
        Seemed to go along.

But here is the problem before us,
        What is a person to do?
How can we find another chorus,
        And what makes it brand new?

Here is a truth we've discovered,
        When looking for a book,
No matter how old the date
        It is new when we first take a look.

Or a song that we have sung often,
        Because of what we now know,
Will sing like a hot new melody
        What is new is today's glow.

A new song need not mean that
        It has just been written.
For a song is not like buying clothing
        When you need a brand new mitten.

A new song need not mean the author
        Is some beardless youth
Who has just discovered for himself
        What is an ancient truth.

So, it is not the age of the anthem
        Nor is it the birth of the tune,
For each moment in life is so new
        Whether morning, night or noon.

So, grab the ancient song book
        But do not despise the new.
Just sing the song until the song
        Is really singing you!

For it is not a marketing gimmick
        That used music to do its selling.
You see, God knew long before
        That a song can be very telling.

For people in their pride are the losers
        When they reject another's song,
As if only that which pleases them
        Is right, and all of the others wrong.

It is the message the song is teaching
        When the lesson to you is new
That will make it the very song
        That God is expecting from you.

No matter what you experience,
        If you think it never happened before,
Open the Psalms found in the Bible
        To see what God has in store.

For the words may be old and ancient
        And even familiar to you
But you will find, through your experience,
        A song that will be quite new.

Pastor Van , 11/5/98