Did you know that the Lord sings? It may be shocking with all of the noise we have going on in our lives that He not only sings but did you also know He dances and rejoices over us too?
I
know that this may sound stunning to some, but as much as we sing and rejoice
over Him, He sings and rejoices over us all the more.
The passage today starts with an acknowledgment that Lord is
our God; we often forget that the Lord is our God and that He is with us. He
resides within us and is our strength, our mighty One, who will save us from
anything that is formed against us.
"No weapon fashioned against you will succeed, and
you may condemn every tongue that disputes with you. This is the heritage of
the Lord's servants, whose righteousness comes from me, says the Lord."
Isaiah 54:17
(CEB)
Another passage that reinforces this fact is in the
Psalms; the Lord is our defender and our source of strength when we are weak.
"I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is
my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will
trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call
upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine
enemies."
Psalm 18 (KJV)
Today's passage also says that the Lord will rejoice over
us.
He gets excited and joyful to interact with us. It means that as we rest in
God's love, we find a place of peace from our day to day worries and
concerns.
Resting in Him is placing our complete trust and confidence in the
God of our salvation to become our place comfort and solace.
"That's why, as long as that promise of entering
God's rest remains open to us, we should be careful that none of us seem to
fall short ourselves. Those people in the wilderness heard God's good news,
just as we have heard it, but the message they heard didn't do them any good
since it wasn't combined with faith."
Hebrews 4:1-2
(VOICE)
Entering into God's rest requires faith that God will
fulfill everything that He said He would do.
That is where God gets joyful when
we place our complete confidence in Him, and He begins to shout joyful songs
over us.
The Hebrew word used here to describe how our Father God
sings is 'rinnah'. It means to express a ringing cry, a loud shout, a
proclamation of extreme joy, and an expression of gladness.
I get a mental
picture of the Father holding us and spinning us around and shouting out joyful
songs expressing His joy and delight over us.
Our heavenly Father is not ashamed of the love He has for
us, and He wants the whole universe to know the depths of His love.
"Consider the kind of extravagant love the Father
has lavished on us—He calls us children of God! It's true; we are His beloved
children. And in the same way the world didn't recognize Him, the world does
not recognize us either."
1 John 3:1 (VOICE)
The next time you worship the Father in song, remember
that as you sing of your love for Him, He, in turn, sings His song of love over
you and rejoices over you!
Thank you Lord! You are singing over me!
Thank you Lord! You are singing over me!
Be Blessed:
Stephen Barnett
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