Let us imagine that we are all in Esplanade Theatre watching a musical play called “Joseph the Dreamer”. Am sure many of you are not new to this well known and popular story in Genesis. As the story goes, Joseph was sold into Egypt as a slave by his jealous brothers. He was seduced by Potiphar’s wife but he kept God’s law. He then was thrown into jailed. Because of his gift to interpret dreams, he soon became Pharaoh’s right hand man. Let’s just fast forward the scene to the final finale when Joseph finally revealed his identity to his family and everyone was overjoyed and there was unity once again. During this time, balloons and confetti will rain down, spotlights flashing on the stage and the conductor waving his baton with his full orchestra and all its instruments playing ending in a high climax, leaving the audience in awe.
Likewise for us, Psalm 150 is the last psalm in the book. And the psalmist ends with a final solemn doxology of the whole Psalter with full orchestra and accompaniment. The book of Psalms is like the play which I described - there are times of rejoicing and despairing, doubts and fear, rising and falling, success and obstacles. But all in all the book of Psalms encourages us to worship and praise God.
So how can we truly praise God today? We can truly praise God only when we see his full greatness and goodness. I invite you to recollect and meditate on your God moment, be it in creation or redemption. In this way, our praise becomes a powerful response of the heart expressing joy, gratitude and the desire for communion with our Lord. And as we make our way to our own respective work place, let us also remember to extend and share our God experience, God’s love and joy to those we meet.
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Stay tuned for the next post by Br Edward Seah on 4th Apr 2011.
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