Does God Sing?

"It takes all time and eternity to know God." 

Oswald Chambers, 1874-1917

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I recently saw this blog post from 2010 and decided to run it again, with a few additions. Enjoy.

If someone asked me, “Does God Sing?” I would tell them He sings when the wind blows through the trees and when the birds wake up in the morning and chirp. I don’t remember hearing about God singing.

Then I heard Kim Hopper sing, “When God Sings” on her CD “I Just Wanted You to Know.” Following is one of the verses: “The rustling of the wings of the angels, The hush of the saints bowing down, Losing themselves in sweet submission, There’s nothing on this earth like the sound . . when God sings.”

The song is written by John Colgin and Christy Sunderland. The last two lines of the chorus say, “When God sings . . . every note and every measure, Dances with His delight . . .in me . . . when God sings.”

Someone found a spot to be protected, nice and cozy!

I love listening to her sing this song. It wasn’t until this week that I found out there is a scripture verse that declares that, yes, God does indeed sing! I was in Joni Eareckson Tada’s devotion book, “Diamonds in the Dust.”

The scripture verse is found in Zephaniah 3:17. It reads, “The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” Joni says: “When my heart is restless and my soul is downcast, I often surround myself with the calming strains of a favorite hymn. Sometimes when I want to express sheer praise, I’ll pick a happy psalm and just put it to any old tune that comes to mind. I sing to myself. I sing to God. But I’m astonished to think that God sings to me.”

 Playing around.

The Hebrew word for “singing” actually means “a ringing cry” with a sense of joy. What a great verse! God sings. Since He is perfect in every way, I will look forward to hearing the beauty of His voice. The Bible tells us that He gave all of His creatures the ability to sing. Job says the angels, who are also called “stars” in Job, can sing.

We also find God singing in Revelation 1:15: "Not only does God sing, but you are the object of His song, simply because you are His redeemed child. His love for you causes Him to sing, not because of what you have done, but because of what Jesus did, that has brought us together into a mutual relationship of love. Imagine the river of God’s love, compassion, mercy and grace that streams toward you expressed through His singing voice."  

I've always loved this snap of Dove and baby that my sister-in-law, Bobbie took.

 

Charles Surgeon said "How encouraging for believers to know that God rejoices in His saints! . . . How strongly God expresses His delight in His people! Who could have even conceived of the eternal One bursting forth into song! . . . In light of this, we should declare our grateful response to the Lord's miraculous declaration of His love for us and sing to Him: 'I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.'"

 

Have you heard God sing? Ask Him to open your ears to His music. It is everywhere!

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