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.
Last week’s song ended up so to speak, in the pig sty of the Prodigal Son’s own making (Luke 15:11-32). His story does not end there, though. He decides to return home: “I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee’” (verse 18). What he finds is that his father was looking intently for him “and ran” (verse 20) to him. God the Father does not run, for He is never in a hurry, never hasty. However, this parabolic detail confirms the comprehensive intensity of our Lord’s interest in us. In that sense, we can say with reverence that God runs to us to save us. A relatively modern song that celebrates this lavish love is “When God Ran” by the Soul’d Out Quartet.