Melodic Mondays
Those of you who know me know that I love music even though I am not musical myself. I listen to good music as often as I can. It is beneficial to the brain, valuable to the vocabulary, and strengthening to the soul. Isaiah 12:2-3 is a lovely passage that includes this soaring statement of surety: “The Lord JEHOVA [YAHWEH] is my strength and my song.” This could be translated, “God is my mountaintop and my music.” Yes, He is! Each Monday, I want to study this subject and suggest a song to listen to. Anyone reading this devotional has easy access to any song. (I am an exception because I do not go on a computer or other information device.) If you do not like my suggestion (and we all have different tastes), you can think of or search for one that speaks to you. Then, it can become a source of encouragement throughout the week.
II Peter 3:10-13 tells clearly of God’s final judgment, “the day of the Lord.” Our God is “longsuffering… not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (verse 9). However, man’s sin necessitates judgment – especially man’s ultimate sin of rejection of God the Son, Jesus Christ, as Savior. All of the things that ungenerate man values, including gold and silver, “shall melt with fervent heat” (verse 10); “all these things shall be dissolved” (verse 11). A stark and simple song that speaks of this certainty is “A House of God” by Hank Williams, Sr. It is a good warning against the dangers of materialism.