Life-Song

Life-Song
I will sing a new song to you, O God. Psalm 144:9 NIV

What life-song do you sing? For some, that may depend on the circumstances that they find themselves in. Some of life's challenges cause us to sing a dirge of lament. At other times, circumstances may indeed cause us to celebrate. But should we let our circumstances write the lyrics of our lives? You may not always have control over the circumstances you are in, but you always get to decide your response to those challenges. You can choose to lament, or you can sing praise.

A friend of mine named Bob Lewis once said that, "Whenever difficult things come into your life, consider it God's vote of confidence that you can handle it." In other words, God will not give you more than you can bear. And, if it has happened to you, God has also equipped you with the power to overcome.

I get the feeling that not only can we respond to bad with good (1 Thess 5:15 or 1 Peter 3:8-9), but we can respond with confidence. Not that we go out looking for bad or enjoy difficulty when it comes, but we can face the difficulties of life with the assurance that God will be with us. He will help us carry it to completion and make it work for good.

What life-song do you sing? Maybe, the one song you can sing in any circumstance, the one song that no circumstance or person can steal from you is the “Song of the Redeemed”. We have been purchased out of our sin and brought into a positive and close relationship with God. No one can take that away from you. Sing a new song to the Lord of praise and joy! You are no longer held down by the varieties of this life, but your life-song is one of the over-comer, the redeemed!