“Sing for joy in the Lord, O you righteous
ones; Praise is becoming to the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; Sing praises to Him
with a harp of ten strings. Sing to Him
a new song; For the world of the Lord is upright, And all His
work is done in faithfulness. He loves
righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the
lovingkindness of the Lord” (Psa.
33:3-5).
Hey
Gang: I cut the grass today and did not
miss a blade. I love to cut the grass. Does that sound
strange? If I were to choose the day I complete this
chore, it would be on a day when I was in a bummer mode. Let me tell you why?
Reread
the above Scripture again. What do you
think might have been going through the mind and
heart of
the Psalmist when he wrote these words? When I am mowing and the mower engine is
roaring,
I am free to sing at the top of my lungs and it will not offend anyone.
I have no
lyre or ten string harp to accompany me, nor did I sing to Him a new song. As a matter of
fact I tend to sing a trilogy when I am
mowing. The first is a song that I
learned sitting under the
teaching of one Ada Alloway, the song leader
of our Sunday School. It is one I hope
will be sung at my
going away party to the heavenlies titled “Jesus Loves Me”.
It is
also one that has tremendous truths that can fill your heart with the joy of
the Lord. I noticed my
neighbors were all away, so I could belt it
out with all my gusto- “Jesus loves me
this I know”. How do I
know? The
Bible tells we so.” Wow, is it not
awesome to know Jesus loves you and me?
The
second song I hope will be sung as I hear My Lord say “Well done, true and faithful servant, enter
the Kingdom of Heaven!” is “This Little Light of Mine.” Every time it was my turn to request a song in
Sunday
School I always requested the little chorus, “This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine”.
The third
song that completes my trilogy of praise to Abba Father is a relatively
new-comer when
compared
to the first two, “Lord Make Me a
sanctuary”. It was only recently
that God pointed out
to me
that each song is a prerequisite to the next song: “Jesus Loves me this I know” is the foundation
truth to
“This Little Light of Mine I am going to
let it shine” and this, too, is a prerequisite to “Lord Make
Me a Sanctuary”.
So my
young friends If you ae having one of those bummer days just belt out a verse
or two of ”Jesus
Loves Me” and follow it with a verse or
two of “This Little Light of Mine”
and cap it off with a few verse
of “Lord, Make me a Sanctuary”.
One last
point: this is a diversionary tactic against the evil one! I have learned that with each verse
flowing
from my inner most being, my joy increases, and we know that the joy of the Lord increases our
strength. (Nehemiah 8:10
Try it. It is a free weapon
against evil one. Know when we voice the name of Jesus, the enemy cannot stand
the heat and must flee!
Blessings,
Gramps
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