The message of Christ and His love is a message the world needs to hear. Let us sing the Lord’s song.
August 9, 2008 (Saturday)
Psalm 137:1-4 (KJV)
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down,
yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song;
and they that wasted us required of us mirth,
saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?
”How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?” That was the question the people from Jerusalem and Judah were asking as they found themselves captives in Babylon.
In many ways, the spirit of this present world is like a “strange land” to the Christian. Much of what Jesus has taught the Christian to believe is in conflict with the way the world thinks. If the Christian stands true to his faith, he will seem “different” to many people. Some Christians don’t want to sing the Lord’s song in this strange land, so they quit singing. They stop giving God the glory for the good in their lives, and their testimony becomes muted.
For us who believe in Christ, He is our song. We are to be singers of this song every day, by the way we think, speak and live. Quietly, faithfully we are to take our stand for Christ, believing everything the Bible teaches about Him. We can “sing the Lord’s song in a strange land.”
Let us take our harp from the willows, as Psalm 137 seems to urge us to do, and let us praise God with our lives. Let us turn our own eyes upon Jesus and lead others to do the same. The message of Christ and His love is a message the world needs to hear. Let us sing the Lord’s song.