Here Is Our King

Allow yourself to travel with me for a moment: 

You are in a crowded room with thousands of people; you all wait anxiously for the moment when everything will begin.  Suddenly a voice surrounds you and those around you; you hear thundering commands: 

"Come, everyone!  Clap your hands!" 

This sounds like the opening of something big, an introduction to a celebration or a revelation of something long anticipated.  More imperatives follow: 

"Shout!  Sing!" 

Descriptive words and phrases are also proclaimed loudly and with great confidence:  "Awesome . . . Bravo!  Bravissimo! . . . highly honored . . .  King of the mountain"

Where are you?  Are you at a rock concert?  A celebration for someone great?  A victory party?  I'm not sure where you went on this brief adventure but what I have described are words from  Psalm 47 (New Living & Message translations).  This Psalm is nothing but good, old fashioned praise to God. 

What's got you down today?  What is weighing on your shoulders like the weight of the world?  Put it down.  You cannot clap your hands and praise our God when they are full of sorrow and burden.  He will carry it for you (Matthew 11:29-30). 

Take a minute to praise our King.  When we focus on Him it changes our perspective on everything.  Just to get you started, I've included a link to one of my favorite David Crowder tunes: Here Is Our King

(Chorus:)
Here is our King
Here is our Love
Here is our God who's come to bring us back to him
He is the one,
He is Jesus

Praise Him today.