The consolations of the Lord

SUMMARY: The prophet calls upon mountains to sing praises to the Lord for His grace upon Zion. We too can make the mountains of difficulty and trial sing praises to God. The Lord wants His people to be happy and adoring of His unchanging love, and we should not be sad or suspicious. We should long for well-tuned harps and cherubic voices to praise Him.

The consolations of the Lord are so sweet that not only the saints themselves can sing to them, but even heaven and earth can sing the song. It takes a lot to make a mountain sing; and yet the prophet gathers a remarkable mountain choir. He wants to make Lebanon and Sirion sing, and the high mountains of Bashan and Moab, all of them, because of Jehovah's grace to Zion, which is His. Can we not also make the mountains of difficulty, and of trial and mystery, and of work become occasions to praise our God? "Break forth into praise, O mountains!"

This word of promise, that our God will have mercy on His afflicted ones, contains a whole ringing of bells. Hear the music: "Sing!" "Get happy!" "Break out into praise." The Lord wants His people to be happy because of His unchanging love. He does not want us to be sad or suspicious; He demands of us the adoration of believing hearts. He cannot fail us: why should we sigh or decline as if he were going to fail us? Oh, we long for a well tuned harp! Oh, we long for voices like those of the cherubs before the throne!

Source: The Bank of Faith Checkbook. Translation by Allan Roman.

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