How Great Thou Art!

Over the past couple of weeks I have had the opportunity on two separate occasions to sing some great hymns of the church with several of my brothers and sisters in Christ.  It is always a great blessing to get together with fellow believers in Jesus Christ and sing praises to the Lord.  It is almost like a brief preview of that great Day in the future when all of us believers in Christ will be gathered around the throne in Heaven giving honor, praise, and adoration to the Lord our God.

I really do like the old hymns.  I also like any song that lifts up the Lord and gives him praise and honor.  The great hymns of the Church contain some really good theology which is always a very good thing.  My favorite hymn is Amazing Grace.  It is perhaps the most familiar of the hymns out there.

I like them all pretty much, but another one that I just love to sing with other believers in Christ has to be the hymn,"How Great Thou Art."  There is just something special that happens when all of those voices come together and proclaiming to the Lord how great He is.  When we sing to the Lord together we should sing out to the Lord and give Him praise.  I know I am not the greatest singer around.  I am sure that I am not always in tune or in the right key,  but you know that really shouldn't matter to us if we are truly singing to the Lord.  It is not about us or how good we sound to others that counts.  What truly counts is our hearts pouring out our love for our great God and Savior in song.

What a privilege it is to be able to express our gratitude to the Lord for all He has done for us and all that He continues to work our in our lives.  Don't we owe it to the Lord to love Him enough and sing out His praises.  He is an Awesome loving God. He demonstrated His great love for us by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ to this world to die for our sins.  Jesus shed His blood on the Cross for my sins and yours and the whole worlds.  Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 

Our God is truly Great and He is worthy of all of our praise and adoration.  I am glad we can proclaim and sing to the Lord.  I hope there will be more gatherings where we believers in Christ can get together and lift up our voices unto the Lord.   There will be a Day when all believers as I said will sing before the Lord's throne in Heaven.  What a great moment that will be and we will be able to sing His praises for all eternity. 

The days are growing dark and time is running out for people to turn to the Lord and be saved.  My prayer is that you are ready for the Lord Jesus to come back.  Nobody can make that decision for you.  It is up to you to turn to the Lord and repent of your sins and ask Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior. 

Here is a link to a video where George Beverly Shea is singing the hymn,"How Great Thou Art":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35FILs1qiVA


Lord,
You are Great and Awesome.
We thank You for Your goodness and Your mercies that are new everyday.
Help us to love one another.
Help us to sing Your praises.
Lead us and direct us by Your Holy Spirit.
In Jesus name we pray,
Amen.