November 15 Sunday

A “HIM” SING

Read: Acts 16:25-34

At midnight Paul and Silas
were praying and singing
hymns to God. -Acts 16:25

How could Paul and Silas sing in their terrible
circumstances? They were in a strange city far away
from home. They were risking their lives to proclaim
Christ to people who resented them and bitterly opposed
their message. Men with selfish motives had spread lies

about their work and had demanded their arrest. The
town officials ordered that they be beaten and thrown
into prison.

It was under these conditions that Paul and Silas were

singing. How can we account for this? The answer is
clear. They could sing in the dark because they were
doing what God wanted them to do.

The midnight songs of those two men remind me of the
nightingale. Observers of this remarkable bird have
wondered why it continues to sing after sundown. While
other birds are quiet, the lilting melodies of this
creature can still be heard. The dark does not silence
its song. The nightingale sings at night because that’s

what God designed it to do.

When we walk with the Lord, we can have a song even in

the midst of trouble. We won’t be discouraged by
circumstances. Our joy will be in doing what the Savior

wants us to do. Our greatest delight will be knowing
God and singing of Him, even in the dark.
-Martin R. De Haan II

There’s within my heart a melody
Jesus whispers sweet and low,
“Fear not, I am with thee – peace, be still,”
In all of life’s ebb and flow. -Bridges

THERE’S A SONG IN THE NIGHT
FOR THOSE WHO WALK IN THE LIGHT.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1998 by Radio Bible Class,
Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.

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– Geo –

Edwardsburg, MI