Songs about Right and Wrong
Psalm 1
(v.1) This is important to point out to our kids...have friends that will uplift you, not bring you down. My wife and I talk with our young kids about choosing friends wisely. We can't choose our family, but we can choose who our friends are...choose people who will give you that soft word of rebuke if we're doing wrong, and those who will let us cry on their shoulder when we need comfort.
(v.3) What a beautiful picture this is! A tree by a river is very fruitful if it's roots are deep and absorb the water. Jesus is our Living Water (John 4:10; 7:38) who gives us nourishment that never ceases.
(v.4) Chaff is a plant that is rootless...it doesn't hold up against wind and rain. It is a good Bible study on this subject...here are some good verses to read to your kids:
~ Job 21:18
~ Psalm 35:5
~ Isaiah 5:24
~ Hosea 13:3
~ Matthew 3:12
Chaff looks like wheat, and in Matt 13 Jesus tells a parable that illustrates this point. Chaff or tares look just like wheat, and are often harvested along with the wheat. Then the farmer would go to a hill top called the Threshing Floor, and throw the bundles of wheat and chaff in the air. The wheat is heavier than the chaff, so the pile closest to the farmer downhill would be the bundle to sell, and they would burn up the pile that landed further downhill since it was useless.
This is also a picture of all mankind on Judgement Day...the godly will be gathered and brought to heaven, where the ungodly will suffer eternal fire in hell.
Psalm 36
(v.4) This is a good thing to teach our kids...if we are godly, then we hate evil and stay away from evil. Righteous anger and hate is Biblical if it is against evil. Even so, we are to be loving and fair, even with the evil and ungodly, while standing up for good.
(v.8) This is another reference to the river of Living Water...as long as our roots are deep in the Word of God, we will never go thirsty or be abandoned by God.
Psalm 37
(v.3) This verse is so comforting, and should be read when we're feeling down, to remind us to turn to the LORD to provide.
(v.4) If we are walking with Him, He will bless us and give us abundant joy!
(v.9) We who live in such a fast-paced world want instant-gratification. We want God to respond to our needs immediately. God is outside time, and His timing is perfect!
(v.18) God knows our troubles, and Jesus experienced all our temptations and pains...He knows what we're going through, and if we cry out to Him and trust Him, He will deliver us!
(v.34) I find this verse interesting, and believe it's a reference to the Rapture of the Church BEFORE the Great Tribulation mentioned in Daniel and Revelation. We shall be brought to Jesus and see the last days unfold before us...how terrible and exciting that will be!
Psalm 40
(v.5) This is hard to fully comprehend, but God thinks of us continually...each one of us, individually, He thinks of and cares for!
(v.7) This verse is often believed by scholars to be said by Jesus, since the whole Bible is talking about Him. We can also look at it from our perspective, and see that the whole Bible speaks about God's redemption for us, so that we may be saved from our sins.
(v.13) I truly believe that God loves to deliver us from hard times...He delights in it! This speaks to His character, and His essence...love.
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