Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

July 7, 2011

                                                                                            A Mountain Choir

Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.

                                                                                 ~ Isaiah 49:13

    And the mountains sing

    praises to the Lord

 And the mountains and hills

 sing out praises to the Son

 of the True Living God!

  "So sweet are the comforts of the Lord that not only the saints themselves may sing of them, but even the heavens and the earth take up the song. It takes something to make a mountain sing; and yet the prophet summons quite a choir of them. May we not also make mountains of difficulty, trial, and labor become occasions for praise unto our God? "Break out in singing, O mountains!"

And the valleys and meadows

sing out praises to the Son

of the True Living God!

  This word of promise, that our God will have mercy upon His afflicted, has a whole peal of bells connected with it. Hear their music, "Sing!" "Be joyful!" "Break out in singing." The Lord would have His people happy because of His unfailing love. He would not have us sad and doubtful. He cannot fail us: why should we sigh or sulk as if He would?"
(By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)