The Lord your God is in our midst, a mighty one who will save, he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will quiet you by his love, he will exult over you with loud singing. – Zephaniah 3:17

There is a ten-hour video on YouTube called “heaven ambiance,” featuring sound effects, some of which they claim are downloads of sounds emitted from space. Most of the sounds are electronic chords, and some are vocal. If you want something to put you to sleep at night, the soothing sounds offered might do that. From Earth’s earliest ages, there has been music. In Genesis 4, Jubal was called the father of all who played the harp and flute. Music and song are as timeless as the very nature of God. Job 38:7 states that the morning stars sang together.

Are you encouraged when you sing songs of praise? It has been said that people sing because God sings; they sing because the angels sing; they sing because all of creation sings. Today’s verse indicates that God sings when He is delighted, and He delights over you. Charles Spurgeon once wrote, “Think of the great Jehovah singing! Can you imagine it? Is it possible to conceive of the Deity breaking into song: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit together singing over the redeemed? God is so happy in the love which He bears to His people that He breaks the eternal silence, and the sun and moon and stars with astonishment hear God chanting a hymn of joy.”

God has a musical heart, and He has planted songs within you. He delights in your songs of praise and worship to Him. Does the Lord find a song to Him when He looks into your heart? He longs for a heavenly duet with you! Pray for more believers in this nation to be quick with praise, in word and in song. Pray also for the men and women who hold public office, especially for the officials in the White House, to be quick to praise the Lord and seek to walk in harmony with Him.