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You Can have a Song in the Night Text: Psalms 42:1 ¶ «To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.» As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. It appears to me that the writer of this psalm was in a state of depression. He remembers the good old days when he went with his friends to the house of God and they had much joy together as they raised their voices in praise to God. Well, those days are past and can’t be retrieved. As a result of the void that he is feeling in his heart, there is a deep hunger stirring in the depths of his being. He is hungering for the living God. The slick counterfeit won’t suffice, he longs for the living God. Text: Psalms 42: 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? It’s good to think of our own mortality once in a while. Perhaps daily? We are not going to live forever. It is appointed to man once to die and after this the judgment. I’ve been doing a lot of studying concerning end time scenarios and have come to one conclusion. It’s quite possible, at my age, that I’ll meet the Lord by way of the grave. It could be ten years from now and it could be today. We have no promise of tomorrow. Pre or post trib isn’t really the question. The question is, “Am I ready to meet Jesus?” Can I stand before Him in confidence that my sins have been covered His blood and have been cast into the depths of the sea to be remembered no more? Text: Psalms 42: 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Sometimes the heavens seem to be closed to our prayers. Situations change. We’ve not as young and healthy as we once were. Many of our friends have gone on to meet the Lord. The political situation gets scarier with each passing day. We know better, but some are tempted to ask, “Just where are you God? We’ve like the disciples who awakened Jesus while He was sleeping in the back of the boat. “Master, don’t you care that we perish?” Text: Psalms 42: 7. …….for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. 8 Yet the LORD will command his loving kindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. Isaiah 30:29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. Yes, we can have a song in the night! You can have a song in your heart, in the night When it’s aching, almost break Anyone can sing when the sun’s shinning bright But you can have a song in your heart at night Are you concerning about your health? You can have a song in spite of the gloomiest report. Are you concerned about the world economy that is about to totally collapse? We can sing to the one who told us to take no thought for tomorrow. He feeds the raven who doesn’t have storehouse nor barn. He clothes the lilies of the field and takes note of one little sparrow that falls to the ground. We can sing as we remember that He sees us also. Are you concerned that your money may soon be worthless? Who isn’t? We can still look up and sing, knowing that we’ll soon be in the presence of Jesus and we won’t be able to take any money with us anyhow. Men fight over gold down here, up there the streets will be paved with it. Text: Psalms 42: 11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. Psalms 32:7 ¶ Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. You can tell the size of your God by looking at the size of your worry list. The longer your list, the smaller your God. - Author Unknown Free Ebooks That You Can Download. An Expository Study on the Book of Colossians The I AMs of Jesus Your thoughts and Inquiries Contact@About-Him.Com Subscribe to this devotional? Subscribe to About-Him Devotional Keep Looking Up! Don and Marie Spooner About Him! Ministries The purpose of About-Him.Com is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ whom we preach as the Almighty God manifest in the flesh. It is our desire that everything presented on these pages increases your faith in our God and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Home About Us About His Word Bible Studies Flash Movies Guest Writers Humor Links Midi Music Songs of the Church Thoughts on the Life of Christ Weekly Devotions Audio Devotionals Topical Studies Contact Last modified: 10-05-2011 Contact us About Him! Ministries |