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| “By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.” |
| —Psalm 42:8 |
Do you remember the scene from a movie where a small boy finishes playing baseball as darkness falls over his neighborhood and he has to walk home in the dark? He walks past a cemetery and starts to feel a little spooky. So, he begins to whistle and to walk a little faster. As he walks faster and faster, the tune he’s whistling becomes faster and faster, too. It’s quite comical to see him turn to music to bolster his courage and get him past that scary plot of land.
As we travel the road of life, God has given us a new song in our minds and hearts. Whenever we face the scary times in our lives, it is the song of Christ that arises within us, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to give us courage to keep moving forward.
The Psalmist celebrated this wonderful gift from God when he wrote the words contained in Psalm 42:8:
By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.
Truly, the song of God in our hearts does strengthen us for whatever Satan may sling at us during the day. In those quiet hours, just before dawn, when we awake in the cool of the night and tremble a bit, God’s song of love will lift our spirits and enable us to face a new day.
Whenever we face difficult times, let’s remind ourselves of that wonderful new song of God’s love and grace. If we do, surely God will meet us at our point of need and give us all we need to move forward into a new day.
