Why God puts a song in our heart and mind
A night figuratively speaking is a picture of that unknown ahead and around of us. Dark times filled with distress, worry, fear, sin, and even death. Do you know that God puts a song in our heart?
Have you noticed yourself singing even in the darkest times?
It could be that you are battling for your life or you are in the middle of a huge mess.
Yet a song in your mind suddenly appears and your heart is at ease.
I would like to share two of my life stories with you today.
Testimony #1
When I was 15 , I left home to be in a boarding school where I spent couple of years until I finished college.
My boarding school life was just the beginning of many nightmares that wouldn’t go away easily.
Since it was a Catholic college , there was a small chapel inside the building . It was open 24/7 which was a blessing for me.
I would wake up many times in the middle of the night and go kneel in that Chapel.
It was there I noticed how I would hum a tune softly as the cool breeze from the window sang along with me.
It was Jesus who put a song in my heart those days and healing slowly within me. Those songs held my very heart together from breaking down mentally and physically.
Psalm 77:6 At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
Testimony #2
Another difficult season in my life was when I gave birth to my triplets at 26 weeks. They would be in three different nursery rooms and it was emotionally very stressful for me.
But I would hold each of my babies (kangaroo care) and would hum every single day for 2 months in the NICU as I watched their fragile bodies
God put a song of praise in my heart as a new mom to lean on Him when I had no friend to lean on.
Just today, as I watched my triplets play in their backyard, I heard them hum their own tune in sync. ( I wonder where they got that humming from )
Job 8:21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
3 SONGS GOD PUTS IN OUR HEARTS DURING THE BEST AND WORST DAYS.
1.God puts a Song of Deliverance to take our eyes from the Red Sea and towards the Redeemer.
The Israelites saw the big Red Sea in front of them and an army of Egyptians behind them. God had promised deliverance from bondage but here they are faced with death. It is in that dark moment , God parts the Red Sea.
Exodus 14 : 22 says the children of Israel walked on dry ground as the waters became walls on their right and left.
It is right after they crossed the Red Sea and watched their enemies drowned that a song erupts.
Exodus 15 :2 The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Do you find yourself sandwiched between this huge Sea and an army ?
Psalm 32: 7 You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance
Our Redeemer lives and HE is greater than any mountains you are facing.
2. God puts a Song of Praise so that it can be a place of testimony for others in shackles
In Acts 16, we read about some owners made money out of a young slave girl who was filled with demonic spirits by fortune telling. Paul and Silas were on their way to a prayer house and cast the demon out.
These owners were so enraged that their livelihood was taken from them, that they stirred a crowd to strip and beat these men of God. They were flogged and thrown into the prison and a jailor was ordered to guard these Paul and Silas.
Midnight came, the Lord puts a song and Paul and Silas sing loudly as the prisoners listened to them. Just then an earthquake shakes the prison walls loose and the jailor was about to kill himself. But Paul and Silas stop the jailor and shares the Gospel to the man and his entire family.(Acts 16:25-28)
Someone else is going through the same pandemic, the same sorrow as you and I. Our loud songs can be a comfort to them.
Psalm 40: 3 , NIV He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.
When God puts a song in our heart, our prison walls will become a place of Heavenly commission.
Our messes become a place of ministry that will draw at least one person to Jesus Christ
A heart that sings the song that Christ experiences the true joy that comes in the morning. She finds her shelter upon the Rock of her Salvation.(Psalm 5:11)
3. God puts a Song of victory to foreshadow what Heaven will look like :
I am a self -certified kitchen and bathroom singer. If I am not singing, then I am either humming a tune or listening to music.
I hope you love to sing or listen to songs because Heaven will be full of amazing singing and singers.
Hannah, Moses, Miriam, David, Solomon, Paul, and all the saints who have gone before us sang here on this earth.
Have you been anxious over this season of pandemic? I live in New York and my state has been hit hardest right now with the virus.
But know this, my friend even if we die our death here on earth is temporal. Christ has won over death and Heaven will be our eternal home.
I am a pilgrim and so are you, my friend. It just means that you and I are travelers; our Home is in Heaven- the final destination for a born again believer.
Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
Reflection :
Is there a particular tune you have been singing, playing, or humming these days?
If this post encouraged you, won’t you share it with a family member or friend ?
May our silent and loud songs be an aroma for our Savior and for the people around us.
Until Christ returns,
Diana
Erin Gram
April 20, 2020 at 9:04 amThis deeply touched my heart and spoke directly to me. I have found myself singing or realizing worship songs playing in my head sporadically- especially recently-enough to make me pause and consider where they came from. …a place of heavenly commission. Absolutely beautiful.
Melanie M. Redd
April 20, 2020 at 10:06 amAmen!
What a good word, Diana!
I love how God puts a song in our hearts!
Beth Steffaniak
April 20, 2020 at 10:25 amBeautiful stories and insights, Diana! I’m so glad that God has given you a new song and you’re asking the rest of us to sing along in chorus! Surely that will draw a discouraged and frightened world to the song of our Savior!
Nicki Schroeder
April 20, 2020 at 12:03 pmOur messes become a place of ministry! Yes!!!! We say this all the time in my neck of the woods. God uses all of it for His glory!
Diana
April 20, 2020 at 12:18 pmYour friendship and ministry has been such an encouragement for me , Nicki!! Love you
Deb Wolf
April 20, 2020 at 2:11 pmThis is so beautiful, Diana! Thank you so much! I love the idea of remembering the kinds of songs He gives us … deliverance, praise, and victory! Our God is so good! Blessings and hugs!
Lois
April 20, 2020 at 11:32 pmI read your post after a long time. Praise the Lord for He uses our difficult experiences as an encouragement for us(later in life) as well as for others. I remember my mom used to keep singing songs and unknowingly I hum the same songs. 😀
Linda Stoll
April 21, 2020 at 9:22 amYes, Diana. More than ever He’s giving me songs in the night. And every verse of old hymns is coming back to me in the daytime. I’m singing my way through this season. Even if it is off key!
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Elizabeth Ainsworth
April 22, 2020 at 5:37 pmReally love this! I’ve been waking up with Don Moen and Rebecca St James songs a lot lately, sometimes even something unique God is giving me to sing over my situation. Also your find me on facebook button isn’t working. Just thought I’d let you know.
Diana
April 22, 2020 at 7:07 pmI love Don Moen songs “God is good all the time”, “God will make a way”. By the way did you know that Rebecca St James’ little brothers are the singers behind For KING and country?
Also thank you so much for letting me know that my “Facebook” button was not working. You are a gem!
Angela Johnson
April 23, 2020 at 2:11 pmWonderful post Diana. Through all this I have constantly sang or hummed, “I Raise A Halleluia” I too am like you. If I am in my kitchen I am singing. I have a Google home and love it! I am constantly listening to Moody Radio Network or Praise and Worship music. Thank you so much for sharing this and your stories. Praying for you!
Susan Nowell @ My Place to Yours
April 24, 2020 at 8:05 pmThank you for sharing your testimonies. God is truly faithful to meet us where we are with words and/or comfort we need. (I wish I could have heard your little ones humming! I envision angels having the voices of children.)
Very often I awake in the night or early morning hours with a song running through my head, and it usually continues throughout the day; sometimes the same song for days at a time. There have been two songs intertwining in my mind and heart this week: I Know My Redeemer Lives (Nicole C Mullen) and Even If (Mercy Me).
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Wendy Lee
October 24, 2020 at 11:30 am1. God of Angel Armies.
2. Heaven Fall Down – Phil Whickham.
3. Midnight Cry – Ivan Parker.
Three songs always on my heart besides the ONE that comes from loving a man. “Always”.
Diana
October 24, 2020 at 7:12 pmI count your visit today a blessing, Wendy ! Thank you for sharing the songs in your heart 🙂
Dennis Lane
January 4, 2021 at 8:10 amRecently whilst driving to a regular weekly bible study I started singing in my heart.
It was amazing.Such a comfort, it really was.
It was a real joy.
One thing though is that I didn’t know the words except for a few and I didn’t know the name of the song.
The desire was there.
Being a baby boomer and computers/net are not good mix for me, however I seeked a little and discovered songs on the YouTube.
I soon found my song and and it became a part of me.
What A Beautiful Name.
It didn’t stop there.
A Christian lady who I spoke to said she would send me a link on Christian Worship Songs .So I said ok. I thought it would be the same one and as it turned out was.
But it was like the LORD was putting icing on a cake.
I listen to the one song over and over.
That was a Wednesday evening.
On the Thursday evening I was doing the same when all of a sudden in the spirit I went up and there was a door-way. No actual door.Just a door-way about a metre wide.
The whole area was light pastel colours .
The door ways light pink and aqua and white.
I just automatically moved through.
Then it happened.
I can explain it but where does one start and how long have we got.
Suffice to say I was there in song/worship.
and that was only one of half a dozen blessings.
I immediately booked in at a local chuch for there worship service.
I saw a song on the net but didn’t think much of the name at the time
(The LORD quickly turned that around -Awesome. (I never say that word ,however for my Saviour I keep it only for Him).
I went to a Friday service and the song Waymaker I liked and when I got home I had to listen and listen and listen to it.Like to 4am.
Subsequenty I can’t stop witnessing now to everyone who the Holy Spirit opens a door-way. And he has .
And I can see that there will be hundreds.
He has given to me a very clear, concise definitive way to witness for Him.
Its exciting and I am excited.
I don’t jump around but I love being in the front line..
Then by accident I came across your site -Diana.
Your topic – ‘Why God Puts A Song In Our Heart And Mind’.And to all the people that have posted I was so edified by all of your washing of my feet by the washing of water by the word.Its been like ointment to my soul and spirit.
I needed that and you have all edified and resonated with me.
Thank you so much in giving to me some wisdom and understanding on this topic.Real insight.
You all are more than Christians.You are disciples.
Thankyou again.
My ‘agape’ to all in Christ Jesus.
Dennis
Diana
January 4, 2021 at 8:23 amWhat a real honor to read your testimony!! It is the Lord’s work and doing and no one can get the Glory:) May the Lord continue to put a song in your heart and May your soul be on fire for His kingdom . Diana