How is your Singing

Have you ever heard anyone say that  he or she was despondent? Here is what that word “Despondent” means Losing courage at the loss of hope; sinking into dejection; depressed and inactive in despair. Losing courage or boldness to the point of getting depressed and losing a desire of the things that brought joy. Does anyone really want to be despondent? I don’t think they do but I’m sure we have all been without courage and I’m sure things have also looked hopeless, but to be despondent is losing courage and sinking into dejection, depressed and despair. Did you catch that word “sinking?” One of the deadliest peacetime disasters in history was the sinking of the Titanic where 1,517 people died. Here was a ship that was designed by experienced engineers using the most advanced technologies and safety features of its time and it sank. Sinking is no more than to fall by a force greater than gravity. But the key word here is sinking. It doesn’t all happen at once; sure we all have bad days but when those days come we can fight to turn them around or we can allow then to brings us lower and lower to the point to where we hit bottom. Despondence is good for the one who has come to the end of a life dominating issue that is destroying their life as well as those around them for when one comes to that place they may have just come to a place of safety. I read this the other day and decided to pay attention to my singing.  When anybody sings it’s an outward token of an inward happiness. Despondent people very seldom sing. When a man sings as he walks it means that he has a heart of peace. When he sings while he is dressing in the morning, it means that he gladly accepts another day.  Then I was reminded of the night that Paul and Silas sang.

Acts 16:25  And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. What did they have to sing about in the midnight hour? Could it be that they had learned that happiness and joy are not found with the outward but with what is going on inside; Paul and Silas sang praises in the jail at midnight. Their relationship with God was an exciting business as all true relationships ought to be. They had not only peace in believing; they had joy. I think David knew about that also.

Psalms 40:3  And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. So how is your singing? Do you have a new song or are you depressed and in despair with the things that are going on around you that you have no control over? Or do you have that joy that is going on inside and the song is coming out in your life?