A New Song

Psalm 40:1-3 NLT
I waited patiently for the Lord to help me,
    and he turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along. He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what he has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the Lord.

Lord, thank you, for another day to live and to love you with my whole heart. I lift your name with the highest praise of Hallelujah! Thank you for your grace, your mercy, and your peace.
 
I often wake up in the morning with a song on my heart. Sometimes it catches me off guard and makes me laugh when I have the lyrics or the sound of a song just alive on the inside of me. When this happens, I have learned to pay attention to what seems to be the loudest or the most consistent part of the sound that rings out. It may be certain lyrics, it could be the chorus, sometimes it is the beat. There is no science to the way music just invites itself into my day. But when it does, I pay attention. Many times, in that part of the song that rings out the loudest to me I find a little message speaking directly to my heart and pointing me to a passage of scripture to study and hold on to.
In the larger sense, I believe today that God is putting a new song in the hearts of His people to dwell consistently in His presence.  I believe and declare that the time for living in despair has expired. Many of us have had life experiences that have weighed us down with worry, regret, shame, or frustration causing us to be poor in spirit. The time has come to put the weight of our past experiences behind us and to take hold of a blessed and beautiful life of purpose with Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior. This new song is an anthem of true freedom. For whom the Son sets free is free indeed (John 8:36).
 
In Isaiah 61:1-3 of the New International Version of the Bible, the Prophet Isaiah wrote:
1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,
3     and provide for those who grieve in Zion --
to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.

The new song that is ringing loud in my ear is one that proclaims the good news of salvation. Declare this with me: The words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart no longer carry words of exhaustion and brokenness (Psalms 19:14). Instead, I am overflowing with the oil of joy. I am wearing a crown of beauty instead of ashes. I am cloaked in a garment of praise for the Most High God. With this new song in my soul, I will bless the Lord at all times and His praise will continually be in my mouth (Psalms 34:1)!
Let the new song of joy and praise resonate in your soul and ring out in praise from your lips today. Be encouraged to forget the former things, and not to dwell on the past. God is doing a new thing! Perceive it and be glad (Isaiah 41:18-19). 

Be Blessed!
~Nina
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Declaration: God has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God.