Psalms 66:1

Psalms 66:1 says,To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm.  After a short introduction, verse one says, Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:  David called on all the lands, or everyone, to make a joyful noise unto God.  We need to do this today, especially as followers of Christ.  Verse two adds, Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.  As David said then, we need to honor God's name in all that we do and praise His glorious love and mercy towards us.  Verse three continues, Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.  David said that people were to acknowledge the power of God over His enemies.  We have no need to fear those who oppose God today, because He has already won the victory for Christians.   Verse four concludes, All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.  David said there is coming a day when people from all parts of the world will worship God and sing praises to Him.  We know that the Bible tells us that Christ will return only after the gospel has been preached throughout all the world.  It is our responsibility to proclaim the gospel to everyone we meet.  Verse five states, Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.  David called on everyone to come see the works of God.  Terrible does not mean bad, but awesome as Matthew Henry says.  Verse six adds, He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.  David then reminded the people of Israel about when God parted the Red Sea so they could escape Egypt.  We as followers of Christ simply need to look back to when He died for our sins.  There is no greater miracle.  Verse seven continues, He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.  As David said,  God rules by His power forever. Whether people want to acknowledge this or not, it is no less true.  Just because God gives people free will to rebell against Him does not mean that He is no longer in charge, as those who deny or defy Him will one day realize.  Verse eight declares, O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:  As David called on the people in his day to do, we as Christians must make our praise to God heard.  Verse nine adds, Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. David said that people should praise God because He held their souls in life and would not let them be moved.   As followers of Christ, God holds our souls forever through our faith in Jesus Christ, and nothing can ever move us away from Him as long as we are faithful.  Verse ten adds, For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.  David said that God had proved them, as a refiner purifies silver.  When trials come in life today, instead of questioning God,we need to just continue to be faithful to Him.  He may be purifying our faith by what we are going through.