I’m not a songwriter, but I think there are songs inside me. I’ve been singing new songs to the Lord as part of my time with him. I don’t know that they’ll ever see the light of day or be heard outside of my office. But I like singing my songs to Jesus. Most of them come out of something that I’ve read in the Bible, and most of them are just little snatches of songs.
Every once in a while I catch something in a Psalm that feels like it could be a song. That’s not unusual, since they’re all songs.
Here’s what struck me today, from Psalm 62:
For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.
He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.
Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us.
I like how the first verse is a declaration, while the second is sort of instructive for David’s soul. Then he closes with a bridge written for the body, for the corporate worship gathering. He moves from self to inner self to collective…and he’s singing the gospel, the Good News of salvation that comes from a God who redeems his people.
That’s a song worth singing.
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