SING AS YOU GO!
“Yet even now, be free from your captivity! Leave Babylon, singing as you go; shout to the ends of the earth that the Lord has redeemed his servants, the Jews (Isaiah 48:20, TLB).”
As I was reading God’s Word today, I felt encouraged to share with someone, to SING AS YOU GO! Most times when God delivers us from some form of captivity, we wait until it is completely over before we begin to sing. I know from experience that after you have lived in something for so long, even when you get out of it, you have become so used to the dysfunction of it, that you continue in its action. God’s people had been in captivity in Babylon for 70 years, and God was saying to them, I have delivered you from your oppression, now SING AS YOU GO! In other words, don’t wait until you are out completely, sing while you are leaving. There’s an old song we used to sing in my church, it was called: “Don’t Wait until the Battle Is Over, Shout Now.”
Many of us, when we are traveling to our various destinations, often times turn on the radio. And when we know it’s going to be a long trip, we sing songs along the way. Well, God is saying two things to us in this text. First, He is saying your deliverance is sure, Sing Now! Don’t be afraid to trust that deliverance is actually happening. When you see the signs of God’s deliverance, claim it and start singing. Secondly, He is letting us know that we have a long journey ahead of us. Deliverance is only the beginning. To come out of is just the transition to being brought into. I don’t want to just shout over being brought out of, I want to sing all the way to being brought into. How about you?
I know many of you have experienced some sort of captivity to an old habit, bad relationship, etc. But know this, when you finally leave that job, sing as you go; when you leave that relationship, sing as you go; when you leave that sin, sing as you go. Whatever captivity you are in, God can get you out of it; and when He does, SING AS YOU GO! It is not as much a mockery to the enemy, as it is a certainty to the redeemed. The text said to shout to the ends of the earth that God has redeemed; it is the redeemed of the Lord that ought to say so. Remember, if God has allowed you to get in it, He has the power to get you out of it. Just remember to SING AS YOU GO!
“Yet even now, be free from your captivity! Leave Babylon, singing as you go; shout to the ends of the earth that the Lord has redeemed his servants, the Jews (Isaiah 48:20, TLB).”
As I was reading God’s Word today, I felt encouraged to share with someone, to SING AS YOU GO! Most times when God delivers us from some form of captivity, we wait until it is completely over before we begin to sing. I know from experience that after you have lived in something for so long, even when you get out of it, you have become so used to the dysfunction of it, that you continue in its action. God’s people had been in captivity in Babylon for 70 years, and God was saying to them, I have delivered you from your oppression, now SING AS YOU GO! In other words, don’t wait until you are out completely, sing while you are leaving. There’s an old song we used to sing in my church, it was called: “Don’t Wait until the Battle Is Over, Shout Now.”
Many of us, when we are traveling to our various destinations, often times turn on the radio. And when we know it’s going to be a long trip, we sing songs along the way. Well, God is saying two things to us in this text. First, He is saying your deliverance is sure, Sing Now! Don’t be afraid to trust that deliverance is actually happening. When you see the signs of God’s deliverance, claim it and start singing. Secondly, He is letting us know that we have a long journey ahead of us. Deliverance is only the beginning. To come out of is just the transition to being brought into. I don’t want to just shout over being brought out of, I want to sing all the way to being brought into. How about you?
I know many of you have experienced some sort of captivity to an old habit, bad relationship, etc. But know this, when you finally leave that job, sing as you go; when you leave that relationship, sing as you go; when you leave that sin, sing as you go. Whatever captivity you are in, God can get you out of it; and when He does, SING AS YOU GO! It is not as much a mockery to the enemy, as it is a certainty to the redeemed. The text said to shout to the ends of the earth that God has redeemed; it is the redeemed of the Lord that ought to say so. Remember, if God has allowed you to get in it, He has the power to get you out of it. Just remember to SING AS YOU GO!
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