There is something about the perfect song played at the perfect moment. Certain songs serve as bridges that take me back to moments from the past. The right song can bring tears to your eyes and hope to your heart.
Just look at Paul and Silas in Acts 16. They were in prison and the time was nearing midnight. In the middle of this dark moment Paul and Silas begin to sing. We don’t know what song they were singing but as they sang a miracle and the clock struck midnight; the foundations of the prison were shaken, all of the doors to the prison were open, and not only they were loosed, but every prisoner was set free. Talk about the perfect song, sang at the perfect moment.
I believe we’re in an uncertain prison-moment as a planet. Everyone is imprisoned together and the night is dark.
We need a midnight miracle, and I believe it’s on the way! Here are some thoughts about how Paul & Silas experienced their miracle.
- Sing the Right Song
Can you imagine what the scene would be if Paul and Silas couldn’t agree on the song to sing that night? What would it have been like if Paul decided to sing one song and Silas decided to sing another? Not only would they have confused the other prisoners, I believe there would have been no midnight miracle.
That begs the question: What song are you singing right now?
A divided world needs a united Church. Our world needs hope; the hope that we have in Christ! This is our song. The temptation is to sing a song about the inconvenience of the prison or the darkness of the night. But these kind of songs cannot shake foundations and break chains. However, when we sing about Jesus together our world begins to change. People find hope, jailers are saved, churches are started. Hope is given!
Our song is “Jesus!”
- Get Loud
They sang so loud that the prisoners heard them!
You have a captive audience right now. We’re all in this same prison of 2020 and it’s time to sing the song of “JESUS” so loud that prisoners her it. This is not the time to be quiet. This is not the time to be timid! You have a song that can shake foundations! Let’s get loud!
Let’s sing “Jesus”
Let’s post about “Jesus”
Let’s tell our neighbors about “Jesus”
What would it look like if we just flooded the prison with the song all about Jesus?
- Harmonize
I’m not very good at harmonizing when I sing. It is something I really have to work at! My wife, on the other hand, is so great at it! She makes me sound good when I sing! Her harmony is beautiful.
A few years ago I asked her how she harmonizes. She told me the following:
To harmonize you have to listen. To harmonize you have to know your part. To harmonize you have to appreciate the beauty of someone else’s voice. To harmonize you can’t overpower. To harmonize you have to seek to complement the other person’s voice and not compete with their voice.
What is so powerful about believers singing? The beauty is in the harmony. The beauty is that a diverse group of people can come together to sing the same thing but still retain their uniqueness. Everyone comes together from every walk of life to add their voice to the song.
So what’s the power of a song? It is the power to shake the foundations of the prison and set captives free. Let’s sing it today! This is our finest hour Church! We were made for this hour! Let’s sing the song of “Jesus” together at the top of our lungs and watch the doors swing open!
2000 years ago a song in a Philippian jail cell shook the earth. I think it’s time for the earth to shake again! What do you say!?
#InThisTogether
