One of the ministeries of the Holy Spirit that we often overlook is the gift He gives us of a singing heart. One of the benefits of being filled with the Spirit or enriched with the Word (same thing) is a song in your heart: "speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;" What an amazing gift! As we gather together in church the blessings flow--to our hearts, to the hearts of others, and to the heart ...of our Savior. Often, at the darkest moments in my life, He has put a song in my heart to strengthen me for the day. As I travel back and forth to school, I find a song flowing through my heart and mind. The Spirit is such a lover of song that He even lets me sing in my own voice! He is the Great Encourager; He "preaches" to my inner being with a song, a melody to remind me of His great love. And the Bible is full of wonderful instances of song from creation to the throne in Revelation. Psalms is the longest book in the Bible!! Thank You Spirit for a singing heart--and for putting up with, even encouraging a joyful noise.
I have listed these before but here--again--are my favorite songs from the Bible. I suppose I'll have to put them on vinyl too or Wes will disown me--and I cannot survive teaching without Wes to bail me out!
The CD
This is the CD I hope to own one day:
1. The Morning Stars singing together at the creation of the world. What were they singing? Genesis One, of course. "And God saw that it was good."
2. Jesus and the disciples singing as they left The Upper Room and then walked to the Garden of Gethsemane.
3. Habakkuk on his stringed instruments singing his marvelous testimony "Yet, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation"
4. David singing the Twenty-third Psalm at night, under the stars, to still the fears of the sheep.
5. The Jewish multitude singing together the Psalms of Ascent as they marched up to Jerusalem for the Feast.
6. Moses and the impromptu choir singing on the other side of the Red Sea. Think their voices might have been full of awe and joy? So much joy that it reached Miriam's feet.
7. Paul and Silas--the duet. I wonder which one was the tenor? Or maybe they both just sang the melody. Brought down the "house."
8. The angels on Christmas morning--"Glory to God in the highest!" Indeed!
9. Mary singing to her Son--the baby who was the Creator and the Savior. You don't really believe she didn't sing to Him, do you? Might that be Joseph we hear humming in the background?
10. The original Oratorio of the Messiah.being sung this very moment in the throne room of our God. I hope to, sooner rather than later, join that choir. "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.to receive honor, and dominion, and glory, and power forever and ever. Amen!"
The CD
This is the CD I hope to own one day:
1. The Morning Stars singing together at the creation of the world. What were they singing? Genesis One, of course. "And God saw that it was good."
2. Jesus and the disciples singing as they left The Upper Room and then walked to the Garden of Gethsemane.
3. Habakkuk on his stringed instruments singing his marvelous testimony "Yet, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation"
4. David singing the Twenty-third Psalm at night, under the stars, to still the fears of the sheep.
5. The Jewish multitude singing together the Psalms of Ascent as they marched up to Jerusalem for the Feast.
6. Moses and the impromptu choir singing on the other side of the Red Sea. Think their voices might have been full of awe and joy? So much joy that it reached Miriam's feet.
7. Paul and Silas--the duet. I wonder which one was the tenor? Or maybe they both just sang the melody. Brought down the "house."
8. The angels on Christmas morning--"Glory to God in the highest!" Indeed!
9. Mary singing to her Son--the baby who was the Creator and the Savior. You don't really believe she didn't sing to Him, do you? Might that be Joseph we hear humming in the background?
10. The original Oratorio of the Messiah.being sung this very moment in the throne room of our God. I hope to, sooner rather than later, join that choir. "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.to receive honor, and dominion, and glory, and power forever and ever. Amen!"
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