While attending a lecture yesterday by Reggie Kidd, I was hit with an idea that I rarely think about. The idea is that Jesus is the Singing Savior.
Most of us have heard the story about a young David playing the harp to calm the distressed spirit of Saul. We’ve also heard that music soothes the savage beast. Throughout history, music has been a common language between nations that could not communicate otherwise.
In Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, we see the picture of God’s song bringing everything into existence. Within Scripture, we have a picture of God rejoicing over us with singing and quieting us with His love (Zephaniah 3:14-17). And the reason for rejoicing is that He has taken away our sin if we are in Christ and He has adopted us as precious, adored children.
This same Christ sings a song that woos the wayward sinner to come home. His song transforms the hardest of stoney hearts to warm, living flesh. This song takes the selfish hater and makes him a selfless lover. Our Savior’s Song has been welling in my heart for many years now. On many days it has been very quiet and almost undistinquishable, but on other days it has burned like a raging fire in the night.
Oh that we would listen and think about His song more often. Look in the Gospels and look at the beautiful life of our Savior.
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