PSALM 47 You Make We Wanna SHOUT

Greetings

"Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!" (Psalm 47:1)

QUESTION: What does the Isley Brothers, Jimmy and Carol Owens, Pat Boone, Barry McGuire, and The Second Chapter of Acts all have in common?

ANSWER: Psalm 47:1

Back in the 70's...Jimmy and Carol Owens wrote a musical called IF MY PEOPLE based on
II Chronicles 7:14..."If my people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." I went to a concert to hear this project...and Pat Boone, Barry McGuire and The Second Chapter of Acts were all there to sing along with a very large collective choir. The Isley Brothers...who were not on the record or at the concert have a connection...by their hit in the 50's called SHOUT (You make me wanna shout...).

The Psalmist starts off with encouragement to have movement and sound (1) Clap your hands (2) Shout to God (with a voice of triumph).

The question is WHY? Well...here are just a few reason to clap and shout:

1. The Lord Most High is awesome
2. He is a great King over all the earth
3. He will subdue the peoples under us
4. he will subdue the nations under our feet
5. He will choose our inheritance for us
6. God has gone up with a SHOUT
7. The Lord has gone up with the SOUND of a trumpet

We are called to:

1. Sing praises to God
2. Sing praises
3. Sing praises to our King
4. Sing praises
5. Sing praises with understanding

NOTE: You get the idea that this relationship with the Lord is LOUD and ACTIVE.

Why sing praises? when the princes of the people have gathered together...the people of the God of Abraham have gathered to gather. Why?

1. For God is the King of all the earth
2. God reigns over the nations
3. The shields of the earth belong to God
4. He is greatly exalted

Well...if this is NOT enough to CLAP your hands and SHOUT to God...then...I don't know what is.

NOTE: If you are going to CLAP YOUR HANDS...then don't just pitty-pat...CLAP. If you are going to SHOUT to God...crank it up to 10 (amplifier reference).

Love and Triumphant Kisses
Rodney "You Make Me Wanna Shout" Boyd