Sing a New Song - Part 2

Psalm 40:1-3

“I waited and waited for God.  At last he looked; finally he listened.  He lifted me out of the ditch, pulled me from deep mud.  He stood me up on a solid rock to make sure I wouldn’t slip.  He taught me how to sing the latest God-song, a praise-song to our God.  More and more people are seeing this; they enter the mystery, abandoning themselves to God.” (MSG)

This passage reminded me of those times when I pray and pray and wait for an answer.  Then when he lifts me up out of that ditch he is careful to make sure I don’t slip as he puts me on a solid rock.  I love the thought that God does not just lift me out of the ditch but how he is careful to help me stand on a solid rock.  Don’t you love it how he cares for us?  

Then in verse 3, he teaches us how to sing the latest God song. . . not just the routine, “thanks for all of my blessings songs” but praise for this specific answer and this specific time of lifting me up.  Oh, how I love to praise Him!


Thank you God how you care for me and for how you encourage me every time I open your Word.  Amen.