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.
As we saw last Monday, our Savior God does the otherwise impossible by transforming the glaring red of our sin into the gleaming white of His righteousness. As Isaiah 1:18 says, “‘Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: ‘though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.’” The same message of last week’s Gospel song is found in the hymn “Grace Greater Than Our Sin.” It was published in 1910, with lyrics by Julia Johnston and music by the well-known Daniel Towner. Let us listen to a rendition by John Rogers acapella Gospel Hymns.