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 JEHOVAH [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.
Acts 9 records the dramatic conversion of a man named Saul “a Pharisee” (Philippians 3:5) of furious legalism. His ferocity was directed against Christians – until on the road to Damascus “suddenly there shined around him a light from heaven” (Acts 9:3b). This hubristic hunter of humanity, this master of misery and misanthropy, immediately became a servant of the Savior, Jesus Christ. He was a changed man; amongst the non-Jewish population – a group that he had previously despised – he began to use his Roman name, Paul (Acts 13:9), as he reached out to all people. The song “I Saw the Light,” written and performed by Hank Williams, Sr., uses the picture of “a light from heaven” and applies it to all who believe in Jesus as Savior.