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.
Ephesians 5:18 presents this binary choice: “Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the spirit.” We must decide between the negative control of alcohol or the purely positive power of God the Holy Spirit. One old song that presents this absolute contrast is “Wreck on the Highway” by Roy Acuff (one of my father’s favorite singers). The 1971 version, recorded when Acuff had become something of the grand old man of old-time music, features Earl Scruggs on guitar and Vassar Clement on fiddle.