Christ came into a dark, broken world without hope. When we come to Him in our weakness, He gives us hope beyond suffering. Joni rejoices this Christmas in the gift of our Savior!
He Puts a New Song in Your Heart
by Joni Eareckson Tada
I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him.
Psalm 40:1-3
Amy Carmichael was a missionary to India who rescued hundreds of little girls from temple prostitution. Midway through her ministry, she suffered a terrible fall and became bedridden for the final twenty years of her life. In one of her letters to a friend, Amy wrote, “A day or two ago when everything was feeling more than usually impossible, I opened on Psalm 40 with its new song. ‘He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise.’ How like Him it is to ‘put’ it there. We couldn’t find it for ourselves, so He puts it. And when He puts it we can sing it.”* He gives us words of praise that we can sing in His strength. So when your enemy comes like a flood, see it as a time to prove your faith in Christ and live out the song God puts in your heart. Remember, if He puts it, you can sing it.
Lord Jesus, I know Amy is in Your presence right now, perhaps with a song of faith and praise transformed into a mighty anthem for angelic choirs. How good You are to place words and melodies into my heart that I could have never found or sung in my own strength.
All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version.
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