Think Before You Sing

In the not too distant past we looked at the song Your Great Love and dived into the chorus in a post very similar to this. I want to go back and visit its simple bridge and reflect on its expanded source material. We will sing to You forever We will sing to You forever We will to You forever and a day In the video I listed Psalm 89 as where it comes from. I want to take a deeper look into Psalm 89:1-52 but especially 1-18: I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever; in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.” You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have sworn to David my servant: I will establish your offspring forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones! For who in the skies can be comp...

We all experience times of doubt. We doubt ourselves. We doubt our friends and family. We doubt news sources. And sometimes we doubt God. We could stop and ask why is that? We would, of course, eventually work our way to sin as the answer. The real question I want to explore is how can we be sure we shouldn’t doubt God? How can we be sure he is taking care of us, now and forever? And where can we pull this comfort from? There are many different ways to be certain of this, but I am going to push this back to a song. The song Your Great Love , specifically the chorus. Now if you have watched my Lyrical analysis of this song then you might realize that the only references I made to the bible in the chorus are both from Ephesians 1. I want to expand on that so here is Ephesians 1:1-14 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Sp...