Psalm 28:7
7 The LORD [Yahovah] is my strength [`oz] and my shield [magen]; my
heart [leb] trusted [batach] in him, and I am helped [`azar]: therefore my heart [leb]
greatly rejoiceth [`alaz]; and with my song [shiyr] will I praise [yadah] him. KJV-Interlinear
7 The
Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore
my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him. NASB
Music is an expression of
ones deep seeded inner feelings. Often
times there are no words that can be spoken that express how a person feels
about something. But music or even the
concept of music, can run deep through ones soul, and through that deep and
inner thought process, you can get some idea of how you really feel.
More often, that feeling exists
between you and God and no one else. For
only God sees the inner you and therefore, only God can know exactly how you
feel, perhaps even better than you do yourself.
But the source of that
music within your soul, comes not from the radio or some music player, but from
the thought process of your soul, which is able to deeply appreciate all of the
gifts and blessings that God has provided for you.
The heart, ‘leb,’ is a
reference to the thought activity of your soul.
The heart within the body, is a pump that keeps the blood moving
throughout your body. Similarly, the
heart function of the soul, consists of your thought activity. You keep thinking and thinking and thinking
all day long, and in the night too.
Even though some may joke
about whether or not there is any activity up inside of your head, that just
describes the operation of the soul within you, whether it is apparent to
anyone else or not.
Great appreciation is
based not simply on emotion, but on the combination of substantive knowledge
and experiences.
In order to appreciate
something, you have to know about it and often times experience something
related to that thing.
In the spiritual life,
all knowledge of God or of the spiritual realm, comes from bible doctrine. Knowledge comes from the daily study of
doctrine, and experience comes from the application of that doctrine to ones
daily life.
Often times we have bad
experiences, because this is the devils world.
But when you are able to put things into perspective, usually in
hindsight, and then combine that with your doctrinal knowledge, you begin to
see and then appreciate Gods role in your life.
Through your learning of
bible doctrine, as well as your daily experiences in this world, your eyes are
opened up and you see Gods role within your life more and more.
Then within your soul,
you develop strength, which is inner power, which is protected by the shield of
doctrine combined with your daily application or experiences in life. These then develop into your faith, and faith
looks to God with trust, which is confidence.
Confidence that, no
matter what occurs in your life, you know that God is there, that His plan for
your life will never be interrupted or derailed, and thus sooner or later, life
will overwhelm you with so much appreciation that you cannot express your inner
feelings in words.
You form a song, or
music, or deep feelings within yourself, which is known and experienced generally
only by you, and God.
