But how can we sing the songs of the LORD while in a pagan land?
Psalm 137:4
F.B. Meyer took the idea of not being able to sing and used it as an admonishment for Christians:
“You have ceased singing lately. The joy of your religious life has vanished. You pass through the old routine, but without the exhilaration of former days. Can you not tell the reason? It is not because your circumstances are depressed, though they may be; for Paul and Silas sang praises to God in their prison. Is not disobedience at the root of your songlessness? You have allowed some little rift to come within the lute of your life, which has been slowly widening, and now threatens to silence all. And you never will be able to resume that song until you have put away the evil of your doing, and have returned from the land of the enemy.” – F.B. Meyer (Frederick Brotherton Meyer)
Whatever the rift, remove it through confession and repentance. No rift is worth losing the song of your heart.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore, my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
Psalm 28:7 (KJV)
How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!
Psalm 32:1 (NET)
Psalm 32
George’s Journal about songs in the Bible
The oldest son of Israel was Reuben. But since he dishonored his father by sleeping with one of his father’s concubines, his birthright was given to the sons of his brother Joseph. For this reason, Reuben is not listed in the genealogical records as the firstborn son.
1 Chronicles 5:1
What if I am remembered for my greatest mistake?
Remove the rift.
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