Psalm 98:6 - "With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!"
Iiiiiiiit's wonderful how the smallest thing can lead to a joyful celebration.
Like the time when I was taking my daughter to the doctor in downtown, Birmingham.
We were just sitting at a traffic light, when, all of a sudden, the tiniest, little, dot-sized spider runs up the face of my steering wheel. I felt really bad about it, but he startled me to such a degree that, when I reached down to try and pet him, I not only made him nice and flat, like peanut butter, but I also celebrated him by accidentally honking the car horn. The next thing we know there are all these other cars celebrating with us. Like in today's Bible verse from Psalm 98:6, all the cars were using the "sound of the horn [to] make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!" In fact, there were so many cars making "a joyful noise before the King, the Lord" that I thought for sure that we were in church!
And to think that all that joy and celebration started because of a sweet little spider.
So, today, let's do some celebrating! Like the little spider, we can celebrate the smallest things. Did ya wake up this morning? Celebrate! Do ya have someone to say "Hi!" to this morning instead of being all alone? Celebrate! Do ya have clothes to choose from in a closet in a secure dwelling? Celebrate! Do ya have an orange or any other delectable fruit in your fridge to eat for breakfast? Celebrate! Do ya have transportation and a place to go and do a meaningful job as a volunteer or for pay? Celebrate! Do ya know the love of Jesus? Celebrate! Is there some person in your life where, if you would swing by their work station or their home or their hospital and just be friends together, then they'd be grateful? Celebrate!
Friends, life is short! Just ask my little spider friend! So let's seize every opportunity, no matter how small, to "make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!" And remember there's always the possibility, that, even if you're just sitting at a traffic light and with a honk of your horn you celebrate the light turning green, there's a good chance that others will join in the celebration too! Yaaaaaay!!!
Praise God!
Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson
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