You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done. Ps 92:4 (NLT)
Song Sung for Joy
Confession – T-Swifty’s song “Shake it Off” is the first song on my “work out” playlist. It gets me motivated and I stand a little taller and more confident whenever I hear it.
That's the thing about music – it's transcendent. It’s not 2D and lifeless. It has this ability to enter a space, a soul and impregnate it with ideas and emotions. It expresses the inexpressible and communicates across all languages. It’s no wonder that we feel drawn to worship God through music.
When I hear “Shake it Off” I can’t help but to “shake it off…”
When I hear “Letting Go” by Steffany Gretzinger, or “Silver Shore” by John Mark McMillan, I can’t help but feel God’s presence, and my heart is drawn to focus on and worship Him.
This Psalm was written as a celebration of who God is and the great things he had done and would do for his people. Charles Spurgeon says in his ‘Treasury of David' that this Psalm was sung communally on the Sabbath – a song of rest and hope. When the people sang it, the memory of not just the words, but the feeling of knowing God and knowing they could trust Him, would have been collectively felt and proclaimed.
When I’m feeling hopeless, depressed and angry, I can find music that will encourage those feelings until they seem larger than what they really are.
Often, while I’m hanging with my kids, reading, writing, thinking, doing this and that, planning, emailing… I’ll find myself singing, humming along to the melody in my heart… What do you find yourself singing?
Sometimes, we need to decide to listen to the song of hope, rather than cry along to songs of despair.
Music can help you express deep heartache and deal with all kinds of loss. In those dark moments, the songs that come to you and from you can either help or hinder. God is your joy and hope, and in the midst of dark seasons make the music that surrounds you worshipful… thankful. That's what the song “Letting Go” is for me…
What are you listening to? What are you singing? Take care to choose the song that comes to you and from you wisely.
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