双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：2月9日 高歌赞美

2月9日

高歌赞美

“你们要向耶和华唱新歌！ 全地都要向耶和华歌唱！ 要向耶和华歌唱，称颂他的名！ 天天传扬他的救恩！”

诗篇 96:1-2

诗人大卫的年代，没有魔声耳机，也没有装满着迷幻乐队最新歌曲的苹果手机。他是怎么活下来的？说真的，没有任何社交媒体的不断刺激，这个人的大脑是怎样运作的？

大卫独自一人在乡下放羊。为了打发漫长的时间，他学习谱写诗歌、 奏乐器，与上帝对话。他有羊群为伴。羊群只会发出单一的音乐。（除非草吃多了，它们也会发出第二种，你可以说是交响乐）。大卫写了几十首赞美诗，甚至也许有几百首。他剪羊毛，杀灭野熊，保护羊群，而同时他还成为了一位有成就的诗人、神学家、音乐家和作曲家。他以上帝的恩赐，谱写生命的诗歌，一次又一次，他的心仰望耶和华。

今日祷告：

主耶稣，让我的心与我的灵都为你歌唱。奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

February 9 – Sing Praise

Sing a new song to the Lord! Let the whole earth sing to the Lord! Sing to the Lord; praise his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves.

P S A L M 9 6 : 1 – 2

David didn’t have Beats by Dre or an iPhone packed with the latest songs by Imagine Dragons. How did he even survive? Seriously, how did this guy function without the constant stimulation of media continually rewiring his brain?

Well, David spent some time alone (note: time = days, weeks, months) shepherding flocks in the countryside. To pass his hours he learned to write songs, play compact instruments, and talk to God. He had sheep. And they made only one genre of music. (Except when they ate too much grass, then they made a second genre of music. A symphonic movement, you could say.)

David wrote songs of praise—dozens, and perhaps hundreds, of them. Even while he sheered wool and killed bears that attacked his flock, he became an accomplished poet, theologian, musician, and composer. He used his growing skills to turn his heart, again and again, to the Lord.

 Pray for the Day:

Lord Jesus, help my mind and heart sing for you. Amen.