Have you ever been in a restaurant where a group of people were clearly having a party, and they were very excited, happy, and noisy? At first, you might smile at such a group but perhaps after forty or more minutes of the noise, it got annoying. This is a moment for us to use our self-control and to keep ours emotions in check.
This is the very same kind of joyful noise that God loves to hear!
Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! (Ps 95:1-2)
God appreciates our joyous thanks and our boisterous, full-bodied praise according to Psalm 95. When we engage our bodies as well as our voices in praise by dancing or clapping our hands, the reverberation of us expressing our joy in the Lord is heard and echoed in heaven.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises! (Ps 98:4)
When we erupt into joyful singing and praising God, I believe it makes the Lord smile.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord! (Ps 98:6)
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! (Ps 100:1)
The Word of God instructs us to add musical instruments (trumpets, horns) to our praise and that this sound should occur all over the earth. Wow! What an image.
. . . addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart . . . (Eph 5:19)
Let us occupy ourselves in obedience to this instruction from the Word of God. When we greet one another with songs and hymns, we are producing a treasured melody from our hearts to the Lord.
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