As His last and highest creation, God built humans to have
relationships—with Himself, each other, and the earth (Gen. 1:26-
28). God’s relationship to humans is so thorough, He searches (Heb.
châqar, ‘to investigate, examine’) and knows them in totality.
Humanity isn’t a cosmic accident but carefully arranged lives
designed to know and love God. You are not one among billions, you
are one among one—a unique creation of God loved by Him!

The Bible describes God as the eternal, all-powerful, all-
knowing Creator whose excellence and perfection call for praise. For
believers, love for God should be holistic—involving their heart,
soul, mind, and strength (Luke 10:27). Similarly, praise for God
should evoke the best parts of human excitement; shouting, singing,
and strumming. Shouting, singing, and music are natural reactions
to truth that resonates in the human heart. Everything God does is a
result of who He is. From God’s character comes His will, which
gives His word, which then produces His work. God’s faithfulness
and love never fail because God never fails (Lam. 3:22, 23).
Believers should never fail to praise the God who never fails!

The Bible describes God as the eternal, all-powerful, all-
knowing Creator whose excellence and perfection call for praise. For
believers, love for God should be holistic—involving their heart,
soul, mind, and strength (Luke 10:27). Similarly, praise for God
should evoke the best parts of human excitement; shouting, singing,
and strumming. Shouting, singing, and music are natural reactions
to truth that resonates in the human heart. Everything God does is a
result of who He is. From God’s character comes His will, which
gives His word, which then produces His work. God’s faithfulness
and love never fail because God never fails (Lam. 3:22, 23).
Believers should never fail to praise the God who never fails!

The Bible speaks of God being worthy of praise (Heb.
hâlal, ‘to boast about, celebrate’; root of hallelujah ‘praise the
LORD’). This means God’s character and attributes are of such a
quality He’s worth ‘bragging’ about. Because of this, praise is
commanded! Praise isn’t given to God because He is emotionally
needy, but because He is completely worthy. People praise what they
have a high value for—the higher the worth, the greater the worship
of it. God’s value can’t be overestimated, so a failure to praise God
is a failure to know God.

The Bible speaks of God being worthy of praise (Heb.
hâlal, ‘to boast about, celebrate’; root of hallelujah ‘praise the
LORD’). This means God’s character and attributes are of such a
quality He’s worth ‘bragging’ about. Because of this, praise is
commanded! Praise isn’t given to God because He is emotionally
needy, but because He is completely worthy. People praise what they
have a high value for—the higher the worth, the greater the worship
of it. God’s value can’t be overestimated, so a failure to praise God
is a failure to know God.

At the beginning of the universe, God was already there
(Gen. 1:1). The Bible describes God’s nature as being eternal (no
beginning) and powerful enough to create the universe up and
running just by speaking (omnipotence; Gen. 1:1-27). This
explanation makes the most sense theologically, philosophically, and
scientifically. The universe had a start and a Starter, a beginning
and a Beginner! Science (Latin scientia, ‘to know’) only discovers
and creatives only create from what the Creator created! As it isn’t
normative to believe something came from nothing, design came
from chaos, systems came from mindlessness, and beauty and
meaning came from a void without purpose, people know there’s a
God but suppress the knowledge rather than pursue it (Rom. 1:18-
20). All people hear creation’s ‘voice’ pour out (Heb. nâba, ‘gush
forth’) but not all respond to it. A creation screams a Creator!

At the beginning of the universe, God was already there
(Gen. 1:1). The Bible describes God’s nature as being eternal (no
beginning) and powerful enough to create the universe up and
running just by speaking (omnipotence; Gen. 1:1-27). This
explanation makes the most sense theologically, philosophically, and
scientifically. The universe had a start and a Starter, a beginning
and a Beginner! Science (Latin scientia, ‘to know’) only discovers
and creatives only create from what the Creator created! As it isn’t
normative to believe something came from nothing, design came
from chaos, systems came from mindlessness, and beauty and
meaning came from a void without purpose, people know there’s a
God but suppress the knowledge rather than pursue it (Rom. 1:18-
20). All people hear creation’s ‘voice’ pour out (Heb. nâba, ‘gush
forth’) but not all respond to it. A creation screams a Creator!

About a year before this song, instead of going out with his
troops to war, King David stayed home. During that time, he saw a
woman bathing on her roof from his palace, which was at the highest
point in Jerusalem. Finding out she was the wife of one of his
soldiers, he brought her to the palace, slept with her and she became
pregnant (2 Sam. 11:1-5). When lust and ability meet boredom and
opportunity, sin is birthed (James 1:14, 15). Instead of repenting,
David tried to hide his sin by having her husband killed in battle.
Though it worked practically, it was wicked spiritually. Sin can be
buried but it can’t be killed (Gen. 4:10; Num. 32:23; Prov. 28:13)!

About a year before this song, instead of going out with his
troops to war, King David stayed home. During that time, he saw a
woman bathing on her roof from his palace, which was at the highest
point in Jerusalem. Finding out she was the wife of one of his
soldiers, he brought her to the palace, slept with her and she became
pregnant (2 Sam. 11:1-5). When lust and ability meet boredom and
opportunity, sin is birthed (James 1:14, 15). Instead of repenting,
David tried to hide his sin by having her husband killed in battle.
Though it worked practically, it was wicked spiritually. Sin can be
buried but it can’t be killed (Gen. 4:10; Num. 32:23; Prov. 28:13)!

While the exact situation is unknown, King David had many
moments of stress and difficulty. Though he was a man after God’s
heart, he had family problems, physical problems, occupational
problems, financial problems, and had to run for his life multiple
times (Acts 13:22). Life-problems can lead to eating and sleeping
issues, stress, anxiety, self-harm, or anger at God or others. Feelings
are a poor indicator of our relationship with God. Feelings are real
but they might not be true. While God may feel emotionally distant,
He is always personally present. Biblically, God never ‘goes’
anywhere, it is us that leave God. If you sense relational breakdown
with God, check your heart. If it’s not a sin issue, distance can help
you learn to trust in your faith, not your feelings (Matt. 27:46)!