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Deborah Bate July 23, 2026 1 0

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Psalm 98 (NIV-UK)

1 Sing to the Lord a new song,
    for he has done marvellous things;
his right hand and his holy arm
    have worked salvation for him.
2 The Lord has made his salvation known
    and revealed his righteousness to the nations.
3 He has remembered his love
    and his faithfulness to Israel;
all the ends of the earth have seen
    the salvation of our God.

4 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth,
    burst into jubilant song with music;
5 make music to the Lord with the harp,
    with the harp and the sound of singing,
6 with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn –
    shout for joy before the Lord, the King.

7 Let the sea resound, and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it.
8 Let the rivers clap their hands,
    let the mountains sing together for joy;
9 let them sing before the Lord,
    for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
    and the peoples with equity.

Does today’s Psalm remind you of what we read on Monday? There we saw David calling his own soul to praise God, but today we read a call to, “the world and all who live in it” (verse 7). My thoughts jump to another scripture, found in Ephesians 5:18-19:

“Be filled with the Holy Spirit, singing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves and making music to the Lord in your hearts”.

I love that the psalmist of today’s reading seems so caught up with the goodness of God and the need to praise Him that he even calls the sea, rivers and mountains to join in the worship (verses 7 and 8).

Do our lives call one another to worship our wonderful God?

If we are in conversation with a friend and suddenly burst into a song of praise, they might possibly find it a little weird… maybe. But might there actually be a possibility that we are meant to do it? Today’s scriptures seem to suggest so.

Consider the impact we can have on the world around us through adopting a heart posture of worship before the Lord. If we are spending time with Jesus in His Word, asking Him to fill us with His Spirit and allowing our hearts to get caught up in His goodness, it’s not long before the music we make in our hearts to Him starts to show on the outside. As scripture puts it, “Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks” (Luke 6: 45).

How can you draw nearer to Jesus today?

Let’s pray:

Lovely Jesus, you are so deserving of praise and glory. Teach us to live lives that inspire one another to worship you. We read that it comes from an overflow of time spent with you and knowing your love and friendship, so help us Lord to seek you daily and know you more deeply. Oh Lord, stir up hunger in our hearts for you that we can’t help but seek you, and as we find you, let it flow out as worship. Amen