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.
Genesis 3 records the sad rebellion of Adam and Eve, who broke God’s one kind restriction by partaking of “the tree of knowledge of good and evil” (Genesis 2:17) in the Garden of Eden. Their dire disobedience is in direct contrast to the full obedience of Jesus Christ, God the Son, Who prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, “Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from Me: nevertheless not My will, but Thine, be done” (Luke 22:42). Scripture also directs our attention to another garden, a heavenly one that includes “the tree of life” (Revelation 22:1-2). All of these Biblical concepts are included in the Gospel song “The Tree of Life,” performed by the Americana duo of Tammie Rogers and Thomm Jutz.