PS 24 10

Psalm 24:10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Yesterday I ended with the thought, choral unity. Who is in your choir? I am not talking about your home church choir. Many small churches these days do not even have a choir. I am talking about the universal church, the body of Christ, His bride. Whose voices are providing harmony and are you in tune with your section? Every choir has a section. The choir director assigns each singer a place in the section which is appropriate to his or her range of voices ability to keep to their part.

My choir director placed me at the far end of the bass section even though I was a baritone. She did so because I would drift off key and begin to sing the part in the next section. If I could only hear bass, I would stick to my part.

Here we once again encounter Selah at the end of the psalm. The significant pause here to contemplate might be the host. Maybe. Let the Lord decide that for you. I think about the heavenly host. Commonly thought of as angels but since my life is hidden in Christ, doesn’t that make me a part of the host?

That is an overwhelming thought but I cannot let that distract me from singing my part. My tone is important. My words are important. I am part of a choir that is so large it can stagger me into silence just admiring what I am hearing.

Your voice is important. Your tone is important. While you are part of that heavenly choir, your voice is still heard in this world.

“What’s that song you’re singing?”

Another evangelistic moment has just appeared.

PS 24 9

Psalm 24:9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

I wanted to title this entry “Refrain”. The Merriam-Webster Diction defines refrain as a regularly recurring phrase or verse especially at the end of each stanza or division of a poem or song. Psalm 24 repeats verse 7 with one slight variation. It replace ye with them. It is no longer about you and it becomes about them.

Who are they? Those that need their heads lifted up and shown that the King is coming for them. It is evangelism in its purest form, by singing His praises and including them in the song. “Come join us!”

Since the psalms are musical in nature, the opportunity to relate to them as poetry and musical verses is appropriate. Not all music is uplifting. Some music are blues. All music can and should take you to another place, away from your daily struggle, remind you of a happier time. They should elevate your heart and stir your mind.

Given that this is true of a sorts, depending on your needs and attitude of the moment, allow me to take this moment to show you the chorus. The chorus in this particular psalm are verses 7, 8, 9, and 10. Two refrains with minor word changes.

What is the purpose behind a chorus?

Are they the most memorable parts of the song?

Are they the most significant parts of the song?

They are the part of the concert where the lead singer points the microphone at the audience so that the audience’s blended voices are recorded to show just how into the music they all have become.

Choral unity.

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