Devotionals

SING YOUR SONG

“I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.”

(Ps. 9:30)

THE IMPORTANCE OF A SONG

What a moment it was! They had been through so much. They had each endured a great deal of suffering. They had experienced days filled with hope and others replete with doubt and fear. But here they were. It wasn’t a dream! God’s people were standing on the banks of the Red Sea watching as Egypt’s mighty army was drowned in the water that had parted for them. The army they had judged invincible was now a threat no longer. How did they react to this moment they had thought could never come? They sang a song. Moses was the worship leader.

“I will sing unto the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea." (Ex. 15:1)

That song was important. It was their heart felt expression of the scope of the miracle they had witnessed. I can imagine them humming it for days afterward basking in the joy that the memory of that day brought. They had other songs as well. Just before the man of God who led them during that experience was told by God to go up Mt. Nebo to die, Moses gave them another song to help them remember all that God had done for them. Moses knew the importance of the people having songs that rehearsed the power and might of God.

DAVID KNEW THAT AS WELL

David was the sweet Psalmist of Israel. He was not only a lyricist, David was also a musician. He played the harp in such way that demons would flee. Reading through the songs that David wrote is a fresh revelation of the power of a song. II Samuel 22 is his song to God when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of Saul and all his enemies. All those years running and hiding from Saul and his army were now over. His crime had been to serve God and Saul faithfully. He performed his duties so well that a song about him had become well known and popular:

“Saul has killed his thousands, but David his ten thousands.”

David sang to commemorate his deliverance:

“The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.”

The song that God has written in your life is powerful and important as well. You may not be a lyricist or a composer but you’ve got a song. You may not be able to carry a tune in a bucket but it’s a song that must be sung. No matter who wrote the words or music that expresses what God has done for you, it must be sung. Don’t let circumstances or Satan silence your song. He is your rock, your fortress and your deliverer. Sing your song child of God. Others need to hear it and He is worthy to be praised!