FAITH SINGS GOD'S SONG

 

Faith Sings God’s Song is an alternative to the ordinary response of people calling upon the LORD for help in the time of trouble. The LORD said, “But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night” (Job 35:10).

After the loss of his children, source of income, and all that he had, Job sang the song God his maker gave him in the dark night of his soul. “Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord” (Job 1:21).

The alternative response of singing the song God our maker gives in the night became the standard for disciples of Jesus. The song He gives is rejoicing rather than calling upon Him for help in the time of trouble.

“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.  Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you” (Matthew 5:11-12).

“And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name” Acts 5:41).

“And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.  And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God” (Acts 16:22-25).

“And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance, endurance produces proven character, and proven character produces hope. This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us” (Romans 5:3-5 CSB).

“But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy” (1 Peter 4:13).

“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing” (James 1:2-4 NKJV).

“Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice” (Philippians 4:4).

“Rejoice evermore” (1 Thessalonians 5:16).

Singing God’s song in the night is knowing that “. . .He is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us” (Ephesians 3:20). It is the fruit of the Holy Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23 CSB), produced in the life of those who are justified by faith in Jesus Christ that can sing God’s song in the night.

In Romans 8:35, Paul asks, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” Then, he lists some of the things that happen to those who are justified by faith in Jesus Christ. “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39).

In the dark night of the soul, those who sing God’s song are the ones who cannot be separated from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Faith Sings God’s Song is a combination of equipping the disciples of Jesus to sing God’s song in the dark night of the soul and examples of people whose faith has sung God’s song in the dark night of the soul.

At the beginning of each chapter is a verse or verses of Scripture followed by examples of people who have obeyed what God asks you to do in the same passage of Scripture in order to sing God’s song in the night. Faith Sings God’s Song contains thirty-seven chapters. Consider reading a chapter a day, take time to meditate upon the content, and put it into practice. When the dark night of your soul comes, I pray that you will be in such fellowship with our heavenly Father and Lord Jesus Christ that your faith will sing God’s song.

Excerpted from Faith Sings God's Song by Robert P. Holland