Singing Psalm 47 you give due honor to God
- Jan 14, 2023
- 6 min read
Updated: Feb 26
“‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are indeed his offspring.’” ~ Acts 17:28
Singing Psalm 47 you give due honor to God with your head
Do you ever find yourself walking around with an unknown weight on your shoulders?
Are you thinking things without really thinking about them? Is it as if your thoughts are on a low simmer in the back burner of your mind? “It all depends on me, and I can’t carry it all.”
In the face of all the static noise you hear, singing Psalm 47 can make a shift in your perception of the load you carry.
He’s got this.
Your life.
All of it.
Everyone’s lives.
In every nation.
If everyone got a turn to have three wishes granted, you would yield your turn for those wishes to your King.
Not only because he gives all rewards.
But because he chooses what is best for you, far better than you could choose for yourself.
In fact, he makes you mindful and willing to ask for all that he wills to give you. He is more willing to give to you than you are to ask.
“If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.” ~ John 14:14
You give due honor to him who changes your desires so that you want what he wants.
He out-gives you every time.
Not only carrying large loads from your shoulders.
He releases the pot off a low simmer that’s been weighing on your mind, a marker of the ever-present tension you endure.
You don’t pin him down by asking for less in your own name, according to your will, than he has for you when you ask in his name, according to his will.
You give due honor as you ask for whatever he puts on your heart to ask without limit.
The fact that you get to think at all is his doing.
“We now inherit as He chose.” ~ Psalm 47:4b
He gives you your inheritance in perfect love.
And in perfect love, he takes the load off your shoulders that you cannot carry. He weeds out fear, anger, and anxiety. You give due honor to him as he enables you to cast these onto him and as he projects his rest onto you in their place.
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” ~ Matthew 11:28-30
Singing Psalm 47 you give due honor to God with your hands
When you open your hands to receive the Lord’s promise to reward you when you seek him, you give due honor to him.
He’s got all your reinforcements in place.
He’s assigned those appointed to defend you.
Both men and angels.
Princes of both earth and heaven.
He’s your shield, fortress, buckler, stronghold.
The fact that you get to move at all is his doing.
“Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.” ~ 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
He has you safely in his hand.
Clap your hands. He transforms worn out hands.
You will make it through on account of his presence and provisions.
Applaud. He transcends hesitant hands.
You give due honor to him as your hands find new ways to serve him.
Singing Psalm 47 you give due honor to God with your heart
Sing praises.
To the King.
To the One who leads his people to victory.
To the One who goes ahead with a shout.
With a trumpet sound.
There’s no mistaking the sound of his call.
He held nothing back.
He gave the full measure of your need.
This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.” ~ Ephesians 3:11-12
The fact that you get to love at all is his doing.
You give due honor to him who removes your heart of stone and replaces it with a heart of flesh.
You can’t say enough. You can’t say it boldly enough. You can’t say it with enough affection.
So you sing it.
You sing his praises.
You have full access to the King.
Your voice raises. You sing with all of your heart. You have nothing left. You have laid it all out before him.
You give due honor to him over and over from your heart.
You sing.
To the King alone.
“God has ascended with a shout!
The LORD amidst the trumpet’s ring.
Sing praise! Sing praises unto God!
Sing praise! Sing praises to our King!” ~ Psalm 47:5-6
January 10-13, 2023
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Heart ♥️ reflection
March 30, 2025
“O Lord GOD, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours?” ~ Deuteronomy 3:24
Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her. ~ John 20:17-18
Question: How can I view time in God’s word as more than a daily project?
Heart reflection: Time in the Word of God could be compared to time with a good friend and less like a project because within it, you see Jesus. Of course, having really good friendships, you want them to continue. You don’t want them, like a project, to be over and done with. You cherish family and friends. Time together can linger long. But then the time comes when you must say goodbye until next time. The time away from each other makes the time you have together even sweeter. With the Lord, it’s different. Singing the Psalms helps you imagine that being with him continuously just gets better and better, sweeter and sweeter. Like Mary Magdalene clung to Jesus, you won’t ever want breaks from him or space away from God. You only desire to honor him and to be with him always. How fabulous that this is exactly where Jesus promises to be for you! “I will be with you always.“ You will no longer need to be told “not yet.” The Holy Spirit of love will enrapture you as Jesus invites you in to be one with the Father just as he is! Seeing Jesus, it will seem to you at every point that the Lord God will have only just begun to show you his greatness of heart and his mighty hand in deeds!
“For awesome is the LORD most high,
Over all the earth is King.” ~ Psalm 47:2
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The Psalms—Q&A
“Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, ‘Why have I found favor in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?’” ~ Ruth 2:10
How can singing Psalm 47 help me grow in my affection for God and in my connection with others?
“For awesome is the LORD Most High,
Above all earth great King!” ~ Psalm 47:2
How accustomed are you to having someone know you perfectly who also has the ability and desire to set out to choose the very best for you? What would you give to rid yourself of the uncertainties within, over who you can trust is in charge, who wins the war, and who is all the while protecting you from being one of its casualties?
“God has ascended…God rules the nations, God sits on his throne…The shields of earth belong to Him.” ~ Psalm 47:5, 8, 9
Most of us have those in our lives who know us to some degree and, often due to limits in resources, choose what’s good enough for us. There might be rare occasions when someone goes all out and really spares no expense of thoughtfulness to let you know he sees you. But to know that someone is looking out for you like that every moment? It’s unimaginable at first, until you rightly perceive who your God is who conceived of you and created you for his fabulous purposes.
Until you know God is like that, you will have a hard time entrusting yourself to him. Once you know he is like that, you’ll never suffer the same way. There is hope behind every loss and pain. You wait with expectation adoring the Father, the Lord Jesus, and the Holy Spirit with each breath. You thank your God as he sustains you, provides for you and protects you through each trial turned adventure. He causes you to supernaturally receive them with joy as you anticipate with certainty that he is going to redeem them though you know not how.
“The land of our inheritance
He chooses out for us,
And He to us the glory gives
Of Jacob whom He loves.” ~ Psalm 47:4
Engage and grow together!
“Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.” ~ Proverbs 27:17
February 20, 2026
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