Making Life a
Song
Psalm 33 3 “ . . Sing to Him a new song;
Play skilfully with a
shout of joy. .”
It would be amazing
to be able to write a song that everyone sings for years to come. But, oh to
have composed such Hymns such as
- Rock of ages, Or
- Jesus lover of my Soul . .
It would been far
better than to say, build a Pyramid, for such a large percentage of us can’t
write a songs. Most of us are not poets, able to weave words that create the
most amazing tapestry. Words that are sweet thoughts that are rhythmic verse
that will charm even the hardest of souls. For the of us are unable to make
Hymns which shall become angels of peace – Comfort – or give Joy – or give
inspiration to weary lives. Only the select few in a generation are blessed
with such incredible gifts.
NKJ - Ephesians 5 19 “ . .speaking
to one another in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs, singing and
making melody in your heart
to the Lord . . “
MESSAGE - Ephesians 5
19 “. .Don’t
drink too much wine. That cheapens your life. Drink the Spirit of God, huge
draughts of him. Sing hymns instead of drinking songs! Sing songs from your
heart to Christ. Sing praises over everything, any excuse for a song to God .
.”
There is a way in which may all make songs. We don’t need to
be poets either. We all can make the sweetest music with our lives. We only
need to true & loving, from there will the music flow. There many among us
who live in circumstances and conditions that seem to make no music. Their
lives devoid of all sentiment which has no place amid the severe toils and
burdens in their daily lives. Yet even the likes such as these, that seem
doomed to hardness, dreariest toil, may and often becomes songs which can
minister blessings to many others. You may not see it or feel it, but others in
a similar plight will gleam strength and encouragement, just to know someone
else is a similar boat as them.
As a Christian we
told not to hide our light under a bushel. I was told of a story about this guy
went to Church out of the blue. When asked at the end of the meeting, what it
was that brought him along, ‘ was a Sermon he had heard? To which he replied
NO. Was it a ‘word’ he had read? he replied NO. Then to what it was that lead him
to church?
The guy said it was
in fact a fellow worker. For years the guy has seen his fellow workman had been
so true, so faithful, so Christ like in his character & conduct, that his
influence had brought himself to Church. His fellow workman’s life, amid all
the hardness, was a song of nothing but . . . Love.
God want all our
lives to be songs. How I hear to still say do we get these songs, as well as
get the words for the songs? The Lord gives the words, through the duties and
life’s experiences which come to us day by day, and is our part to set them to
music, in our daily obedience’s and sub-missions. It’s our duty, however the
notes may be God gives us, whatever the words He writes for us to sing, to make
harmonious music.
Jesus said . .
“My peace I give unto you .”
. . An Inspired promise reads . .
“The peace of God shall keep your heart and mind
through Christ Jesus”
A Heavenly Counsel is. .
“Let the peace Of God rule in your heart”
Whatever the notes,
or, the words, therefore the song which we sing should always be of peace.
Our lives are songs, God writes the words
and we set them to music at pleasure
and the song grows glad, or sweet, or sad,
as we choose to fashion the measure
we must write the music, whatever the song.
Whatever the rhyme
or metre and if
it is sad we can make it glad or,
if sweet we can make it
sweeter.
A perfect Holy life
would be a perfect song. But our lives are anything but perfect, hence why the
harmonies, through our lives are off key. Being disciples of Christ, we should
be learning new harmonies all the time. They then in turn will grow sweeter
day-by-day, Month-by-Month, as well learn to do Gods will on Earth. Only the
Masters hand can bring out of our souls the musical harmonies that slumber.
Without our Masters
tuition, we are likened to that of a Violin. We lift off the table, and bow in
hand, we draw the bow across it’s strings. It will let out a sound that of 2
cats fighting. That is till a master Violin player lifts it up, strokes the bow
across the strings. With that the sweetest sound fills the air. We must never
give up, as giving up is saying to GOD, you don’t know how to do this with my
life, my soul. In essence calling our Lord Jesus Christ a LIAR, are you really
ready to this??
I learnt of a tale concerning the a composer Mendelssohn. He once visited to the
great ‘Frieburg Organ.’ Its old
custodian refused him permission to play upon the instrument, not knowing to
whom he was speaking asking to play. At length Mendelssohn kept asking, whoever he did after a few minutes grant
him some time to play on the Organ. Mendelssohn
took his seat and soon the most wonderful music was coming from the Organ.
The custodian was spell bound. At length he came along side Mendelssohn and kept asking the
strangers name? The custodian, upon knowing the his name just stood there
humiliated, self- condemned. Saying, after Mendelssohn
had stopped playing, and ‘I refused you permission to play upon this old
organ’.
There comes One to
us and who desires to take our lives sand helps our souls to make the sweetest
music. But, we keep with holding our selves back from Him.
When, if we would but yield ourselves to Him,
He would bring forth the most Heavenly music our ears would have ever heard.
We are but organs mute, till a master
touches
the keys. A vessel
of
Earth into which pours the wine,
harps
are we, silent harps that have
hung
on willow trees, dumb till our
heart
strings swell and break
with
a pulse divine.
No matter our
lives, we should make our lives songs. We have no right to add to the out tunes
in the World. Or, to sing, any but sweet strains in the ears of others. We
should no longer sing out of key, about sadness in the World which, is already
over flowing with songs of sadness. We need to be adding songs of Joy, songs of Peace, and songs of Love.
“If we are truly
Christ’s, and daily are
walking
with Him, we should no longer hold back these songs”
