I have this process of reading most mornings and things seem to come before me just as I need them. Recently I was reading about a Scottish Minister from the 1600s; Samuel Rutherford. His biography states that he went through many trials and great suffering losing his wife and two children, yet was transformed and used as a great comforter of people.
As I was reading I came across something Rutherford wrote and it just overwhelmed me with a sense of comfort.
“I creep under my Lord's wings in the great shower, and the waters cannot reach me. Let fools laugh the fools' laughter, and scorn Christ, and bid the weeping captives in Babylon to sing them one of the songs of Zion. We may sing, even in our winter's storm, in the expectation of a summer's sun at the turn of the year. No created powers in hell, or out of hell, can mar our Lord's work, or spoil our song of joy. Let us then, be glad and rejoice in the salvation of our Lord, for faith had never yet cause to have tearful eyes, or a saddened brow, or to droop or die.”
Nothing, not anything can spoil our song of joy! As such we can be glad and rejoice in the salvation of Jesus Christ. Amen!
This brings to mind Psalm 95:1-7:
1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 3 For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. 5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; 7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.
Lord Jesus, thank you that you are the Rock of our salvation and we are the flock under your care! How comforting is that…let us sing for joy!
Grace and Peace!
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