Songs matter. The songs that we sing say a lot about who we are. They show our values and reveal our experiences. We are drawn to songs which speak to our experience. They reveal the songs that we hold dear because they tell our story of grace. Songs have the power to express what we think, what we feel, our desires... with the power to teach. Our songs reveal our journey.
"A new song," as we have seen the last few weeks, is used nine times in Scripture. Six are in the Psalms, two in Revelation and one in Isaiah. As we have previously seen they are always in the context of a mighty act of God. When God moves mightily and does powerful things, His people write and sing new songs. When we find ourselves overcoming something, when we have gone through grief finding new grace and peace, the old songs won't do. When we have grown stronger, wiser, and more mature in the Lord a new song is called for. The new song expresses our response to a growing experience in the Lord.
God not only gives us something to sing about, He helps us sing it. In these "new song" passages, we have seen "songs of salvation", "the Song of the Lamb", and the God who sings songs. The other songs may fall away but the song of the Lamb endures forever.
As we sing the "new songs", what do our songs say about us? Do they describe our values? Do they show our experiences? Do they describe where we are going in the Lord? Do they proclaim that God is with us, and we are responding accordingly? Do our songs proclaim our journey with Christ, holding His light to pierce the darkness around us? Do our songs boldly sing of the Kingdom of God at hand? Let us sing the "new song" unto the Lord now, as one day we will sing the "new song" before the Lamb for eternity! mjm
God not only gives us something to sing about, He helps us sing it. In these "new song" passages, we have seen "songs of salvation", "the Song of the Lamb", and the God who sings songs. The other songs may fall away but the song of the Lamb endures forever.
As we sing the "new songs", what do our songs say about us? Do they describe our values? Do they show our experiences? Do they describe where we are going in the Lord? Do they proclaim that God is with us, and we are responding accordingly? Do our songs proclaim our journey with Christ, holding His light to pierce the darkness around us? Do our songs boldly sing of the Kingdom of God at hand? Let us sing the "new song" unto the Lord now, as one day we will sing the "new song" before the Lamb for eternity! mjm
