A Reason To Sing

Everyone needs a reason to do something, anything. 

If your having a bad day, sing. If it's been a bad week, sing. If it's been a bad month or year, sing.

Most of all let others aee you sing through your storm so they too may find the answer they are looking for to keep moving forward.

God Bless.

A Reason to Sing

John Blase 

He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Psalm 121:4 Psalm 121 Psalms 120–122; 1 Corinthians 9 For a man who lives by a code, so to speak, it felt like a major failure. What’d I do? Well, I fell asleep. Our kids have a curfew to meet when they’re out for the evening. They’re good kids, but my practice is to wait up until I hear their hands turn the front doorknob. I want to know they’re home safe. I don’t have to do this: I choose to. But one night I awoke to my daughter saying through a smile, “Dad, I’m safe. You should go to bed.” 

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Despite our best intentions, sometimes fathers fall asleep at their posts. It was very humbling, and also very human. But that never happens with God. Psalm 121 is a reassuring song about Him as guardian and protector of His children. The psalmist declares that God who watches over us “will not slumber” (v. 3). And for emphasis, he repeats that truth in verse 4: He “will neither slumber nor sleep.” Can you even imagine? God never falls asleep at His post. He is always keeping watch over us—the sons and daughters and aunts and uncles and mothers, and even fathers. It’s not so much that He has to do this, but rather that, out of His great love, He chooses to. That promise is definitely something to sing about. In what ways do you sense God’s presence? When you don’t, what truths can you depend upon?

Father, thank You for Your constant care over our lives. We know that doesn’t mean a life absent of trouble, but rather a life held close by Your love and presence. Help us to confidently rest in the assurance that You’re always at Your post.