It was one of those weeks. Tired, frustrated, exhausted. Bummer day after bummer day. Days when I felt not only like I’m not hitting the mark, but I didn’t even know what the target was. It’s not that bad to have an occasional “off” day, but a row of them takes its toll. I’ve been on this track before. Discouragement leads to depression, which leads to darkness, which leads to the pit. The train’s off the tracks. I’ve been derailed.
GOD IS RAINING ON MY PITY PARADE
How dare the psalmist write Psalm 96? Verse after verse, he describes a party that is in full swing. There’s a whole lot of singing, praising, exclaiming, offering, and worshipping. Reading those words, I realize that God is raining on my pity parade. He is transporting me from my circumstances to Who He really is. It doesn’t matter what my friends, co-workers, acquaintances, or what the world news is saying. The truth of the matter, in the midst of my mess, “The Lord reigns!” God is not asking me my opinion or my take on my circumstances. He reigns.
WE CAN ENDURE!
I’m to exist in the truth that “He will judge the world with justice and the nations with His truth.” Can you hear this thundering in the distance? The roar of the angels? God’s purpose steamrolling down the tracks? Through the clouds He will lead us, straight into glory. Finally, all the evil and craziness of this world will be terminated because there He reigns, forevermore, oh, forevermore. We can endure!
JOIN THE CHOIR
Believers are offered the power to wait, by the grace of God, with patience so that not one minute is wasted that God gives us on this earth, no matter the adversity we face. As I’m writing this, the train has not arrived, but it is very close and I can see it in the distance. He will soon be coming. Yes, even though my vocal cords may be unwilling, I will “sing a new song to the Lord!” Read Psalm 96. Are you choosing to join in with the choir?
For Further Reading: Win the World With Singing
