What Was The Name Of That Song?

Psalm 47: 1 – 9

Now what was the name of that song?

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph! 2 For the LORD Most High is awesome; He Is a great King over all the earth. 3 He will subdue the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. 4 He will choose our inheritance for us, the excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah 5 God has gone up with a shout, The LORD with the sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! 7 For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding. 8 God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. 9 The princes of the people have gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; He Is greatly exalted.

After I go through of week of visiting people who are dying and dealing with people with all kinds of mental, emotional, and physical problems it is good for me to kick back and watch something on TV that will get me laughing.

I flipped the remote to the old program of Married with children and came across an incident where Al cannot remember the name of a certain song that was played on the car radio.

He tries to ask his family about the song, by humming "hmm, hmmm, hiimmm", to which he is met with mockery.

Still trying to figure out where else he could have heard it from, he starts to think it might be on the B-side of one of his records and asked Peg where his record collection is at, who tells him that is in the basement next to the furnace, which causes him to sarcastically remark "...nothing brings out the luster of original records better than intense, siring heat" as he heads to the basement.

Al comes up from the basement looking disappointed and holding his now melted record collection, saying "Well I just poured through my record collection...literally" as black liquid pours out.

Al is still thinking about the song and wants to find someone who might know the name of the song. Then their next-door neighbors Marcy and Jefferson come in looking for the newspaper that Al took so they can go see what's playing in the movie theater. He decides to ask them as well, but neither of them has an idea of what it could be. But he is still determined to find out the name of the song. So, his daughter’s new date tells him his dad knows all the oldies.

Then suddenly the radio station plays his song and hears "Go with Him. Ahhh Ahhhh" causing Al to dance and be happy about the discovery. As DJ Rick Cool comes on, he tells the audience that the song isn't called "Go with Him", but instead tells him, to Al's dismay, that it’s the 3rd song of 5,000 in a row in attempt to set a record by playing songs for 2 full years without any interruption.

Al is told that he should go to a record store called "Final Vinyl" to see if he can find the name of the song there.

At the record store Al sees the employee named Dave at the register telling everyone the right name of their songs Al thinks the employee is a music genius, so he tries to sing "Go with him" to Dave, but he just looks at him bizarrely and tells him he's never heard of it.

Depressed, Al starts looking up to the ceiling and asking why God hates him that much. (Al gets down on his knees) All I wanted was a forty-five, a stinking forty-five...the record or the gun... I'd even settle for the malt liquor. Just this once, can you show that you can love even Al Bundy?"

Suddenly the song starts playing on the jukebox and a now excited Al starts dancing and saying "That's my song" repeatedly. He thanks God and says that he'll just have one more request that involves a thunder bolt and Peg.

So, as I was going over today’s chapter the Psalmist kept repeating the name of the song the Israelites and all of us should be singing is ‘Sing praises.’ My light heartedness however turned to dismay when I realized that our Precious Holy Spirit had to remind all of us over and over to do what should come naturally to all of us believers. Thank You, Lord, for counseling and directing us in the right way.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.