Psalm 98

Psalm 98 
English Standard Version (ESV)

  What if I asked you why a lion roars? Or why a tree grows?  Or why the earth spins?  You might have an answer for each based on science, but your answer might also be similar to the answer we give Caleb for many questions:  'because that's what it does'.  Some things happen just because it's an essential part of that identity.  Lions roar.  Waves crash.  The earth spins.  Congress disagrees.
  Well, here we see that an essential part of many items in nature is praising God.  The waves and hills and rivers sing for joy to God because it's how they were designed.  Their beauty is made by God and exists to proclaim God.  The rivers and the animals praise God because that's how they were made.
  We were made that way, too.  The difference is that we used our intellect to choose another path.  We opted to worship other things, choosing to direct our full energies toward idols rather than God.  In doing so, we turned from our truest nature to a shallower form of life.
  God, in his grace, gives us the chance to turn back to him, to direct our energy and our life toward the worship of him, to join the natural chorus and shout God's praises in all we do.

May we worship God with all our voice today!