Don't Lose Your Song!

 

If there is anything you should know about me, it is my love for music and singing. My love for singing runs so deep that a friend once said: “no matter what Onome is doing, he is always singing!”. So it would come as a shock to anyone that there was indeed a time in my life that I lost my song. What caused it? I went through a period in life that was characterized by disappointments and heartbreak. It took me almost 3 years to realize that I had lost my song and it came as a shock to me. How did I find out? I was taking a bath and realized I could not sing any of my favorite songs off-hand. I had suspected for a while but I never fully came to terms with the fact that it happened.

But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. (Acts 16:25, NKJV)

Now you may wonder why it is important not to lose your song. There are different examples in the Bible as to the importance of singing but there is one stand-out moment that I believe encapsulates it for me. This is because of the situation in which it occurred. How ridiculous do you think it was to their fellow prisoners and the guards when they heard two men singing in prison? If there is ever a place to lose your song, it is in prison. A prison is one of the darkest and harshest places you can ever find yourself. No one goes into prison with hope or a vision. While not everyone may have been to a prison physically, we have all experienced being in a prison in one form or the other. Mine was a combination of an emotional and financial prison and in there, I found it hard to sing. The Bible says that we are not ignorant of the devices of the devil (2 Cor. 2:11, NKJV). As born-again Christians, you would notice that God loves music; one of the devil’s strategies is to take away your song. Why? Because satan knows that God loves music, he understands its power and what happens when you sing. He will do his utmost to make you despair and take away your voice. In doing so, he believes that he has permanently imprisoned you.

If you have already lost your song or are in the process of losing it, I’m here to tell you that you can find it. God is the God that makes a way, even in the wilderness (Is. 43:19), so no matter what, He will make a way for you to find your voice again. Here are a few suggestions of what you can do:

1. Open your heart to God. God is waiting at the door of your heart for an invitation. (Rev. 3:20, NKJV).
2. Talk to Him about the issues you’re facing, He really wants to know about them (I Pet. 5:7, NLT)
3. Trust in His ability to pull you out and give you a new song (Ps. 40:1 – 3, AMPC).
4. Search for gospel songs that can minister to your situation; there are songs for different seasons of life. Find one and enjoy it. It is good to praise the Lord (Ps. 147:1,NKJV).
5. Educate yourself by reading the word of God (Joshua 1:8, NKJV). You can either commit to reading a part of the Bible daily or a devotional plan. Thanks to technology, there are Bible apps like YouVersion Bible app that either suggest or enable you to search for devotionals based on keywords.
6. Listen to sermons on podcasts or YouTube.

Always remember, as born-again Christians, singing is a very powerful weapon in our arsenal and the devil will either try to make you lose your song or divert your attention to songs that will corrupt your thinking. With this in mind, I leave you with a charge: if you have lost your song, trust in God’s flawless record of pulling people out of whatever prison they’re in. Find your voice and scream!!!!

P.S. Enjoy the song: I’ve seen Him do it

Additional reading resource:

10 Bible Verses About Singing

Don’t Lose Your Voice

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