The Songs Would Not Stop Coming.
While working on a Boojoyful devotional using Google Chrome, out of the blue, a Phil Wickham song started playing on Safari. I went as far as to hit "Force Quit" but the songs would not stop coming. When I listened to the lyrics of "The Reason I Sing" I thought, my songs to God should never stop coming from my heart either.
Remembering back to the days when my father was passing from earth to his heavenly home, I recalled him pointing out the window and saying, "Listen! The choir is singing "Faith of Our Fathers." His nurse, nor I, heard nothing, but he clearly did and I am convinced he still does hear choirs of angels and all of heaven singing.
Some parts of Revelation can be a little confusing and even creepy, but not verses 5:8-14. There will surely be singing.
"And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying, 'Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.' Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, 'Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!' And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, 'To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!' And the four living creatures said, 'Amen!' and the elders fell down and worshiped.' "
Phil Wickham explains in these lyrics why he will keep on singing.
"You called me from darkness. You clothed me with garments of praise.
I'm living in freedom. You've taken my burdens away.
Chorus
For the cross that You bore and the debt that You paidFor the victory You won over death and the graveThis is the reason I sing
For the hope that You give and the joy that You bringFor the promise that Heaven is waiting for meThis is the reason I sing"
The Song
"The Reason I Sing" Phil Wickham
