I don't know what it is about the particular way I am put together but there are times when, seemingly out of the blue, I am moved to worship and praise while listening to music. Oddly, the music does not have to be "spiritual" by origin or necessarily in content to stir up, from deep in my heart, thoughts, words and phrases of praise and thanksgiving. At time it seems as if the LORD is very near me and chooses to use music as the vehicle or means by which He conveys that nearness.
Such was the case a few moments ago. I was listening to some "Easy Listening" instrumentals via my iPhone, when I suddenly found myself filled with praise and thanksgiving. I quickly rose out of my office chair and dropped to my knees because it felt like the only appropriate response. What happened next surprised me just as much as the sudden and unexpected sense of God's presence did. Almost as soon as I went to my knees I found that I was praying, thanking God for something that was a complete surprise to me. Unexpectedly, I found myself thanking GOD that through all the centuries and generations of mankind that He had managed to keep the truth protected and pure. Despite all the darkness and despotism of man made governments; all the evil and ego's of rulers and self-proclaimed prophets, and all the attempts of the Devil to bury, ban and burn God's truth, God found a way to not only keep it safe unto every generation, but He also saw to it that its' influence continued to expand, covering the whole earth. Imagine it. If left to man alone, even our best attempts to steward the truth of the Gospel would have twisted and tarnished its' pristine beauty, sapping it of its glorious and holy power. Who but the Trinity could ever be entrusted with such a task?
Though the time on my knees wasn't that long, the impact of what had so quickly come over me and filled my heart reduced me to tears, for in a moment I knew afresh that if God hadn't preserved His truth, the truth about Himself, His Son, the Spirit, our sin & salvation, etc, et al, none of us would ever have known the glorious reality of His forgiveness and the promise of a sinless, Christ-ruled eternity.
Like Pharaoh's magicians in Egypt, who in trying to prove their powers only managed to increase the effect of certain of God's plagues, it must vex the Devil into something akin to convulsion, knowing that regardless of what he has done and does that "He who sits in the heavens laughs.." knowing that His truth will continue to arise and prevail. Hallelujah!
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