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335. Praise – The “New Song”
The Hebrew word ‘NEW’ means something that has been rebuilt and that is
fresh and new. Elihu, the godly man in Job 32 said, “For I am full
of words; the spirit within me constrains me. My breast is as wine that has no vent; like NEW wineskins,
it is ready to burst. I must
speak, that I may get relief and be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer” (Job
32:18-20, Amplified Bible). This
is the only other place in the Old Testament where that particular word ‘NEW’ is used, besides its use in the phrase ‘NEW
SONG.’ It is something that has
been rebuilt, and is now so fresh that it causes its possessor to burst out!
The
Hebrew word ‘SONG’ means to go
around singing, celebrating in victory, joyfully. This word is used in 1 Samuel 18:6 wherein is described a
dance and song of victory.
I
have found this term ‘NEW SONG’ used nine times in the Bible.
In
Psalm 33:3, 40:3, 96:1, 98:1 and 144:9 it is used in the context of the writer
being in trouble, desperately crying to the Lord for deliverance from his
enemies. These five Psalms contain
statements like, “But I will sing
a new song unto the Lord”, “Make haste to deliver, evils compass me, let them
be put to shame who desire my life, rescue me, bow down your heavens, stretch forth
your hand, I am poor and needy, do not tarry O Lord.”
In
Psalm 149:1-9 it is a little different.
It says that the New Song wrecks vengeance and binds kings with chains,
and their nobles with fetters of iron to execute upon them (our spiritual enemies)
the judgement. This honor have all
his saints!
Isaiah
42:9 tells about former things passing away and new things being declared. Then, in verse 10, it says to sing a
new song TO the Lord (a song which has never been heard in the heathen world),
then the Lord will go forth as a mighty man (verse 13). He will do mightily against His
enemies. He has held His peace a
LONG time, but now He will arise!
The
above uses of the phrase ‘New Song’ indicate that:
1. The Lord puts this New Song in His
people.
2. We sing this New Song to the Lord.
3. The circumstances are always when we
are in need of deliverance and before the manifestation of that deliverance.
4. That deliverance and destruction of
enemies do no come until after that New Song is sung.
The last time the phrase
‘New Song’ is used is in Revelation 14:3.
John saw 144,000 people who
are the overcomers, whom Jesus was asking for in Chapters 2 and 3 of the book
of Revelation. You and I are this
144,000 when we stand in the face of impossible circumstances as virgins
because there was no lie found in our mouths. I submit that with the Truth in our lips, first the truth of
our sin confessed to Jesus, and then the Truth of the Word poured into our
hearts and spoken with cleansed lips, we can overcome any circumstance that
comes along. Truth confessed and
spoken frees us from the flesh and brings us into the family, blood covenant
and blessings of God’s family.
Now
these overcomers are singing this New Song, but it happens during the
overcoming process, not after the manifestation of the actual victory.
Revelation 14:12 (Amplified Bible) says, “Here [comes in a call for] the
steadfastness of the saints [the patience, the endurance of the people of God],
those who [habitually] keep God’s commandments and [their] faith in
Jesus.” The actual manifestation
of the victory here is not until Jesus comes on the White Horse in Revelation
19. I believe that these 144,000
can be compared to the Wise Virgins in Matthew 25; they were ready when the
Lord returned.
I
submit that as we go through the trials and tribulations of life that if we
stay honest and in the Word, that Jesus will put a New Song in our hearts and
mouths, and that New Song will bring Him back on our scene for deliverance in
the here and now.
Habakkuk found out about
this when God told him about the coming destruction of his enemies.
Habakkuk found out that the enemy’s attack was not even something that
they planned, but the Lord planned it for their destruction. Habakkuk stayed in the Word, saw the
end from the beginning and sang the New Song in chapter 3:17-19 (Amplified
Bible) which says, “Though the fig
tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, [though] the product
of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off
from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls, Yet I will rejoice in the
Lord (JOY); I will exult in the [victorious] God of my salvation! The Lord God is my Strength, my
personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and
will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make
[spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering or
responsibility]!”
Habakkuk
also knew about Grace! Notice he
did not take it upon himself to perform some impossible spiritual feat when he
was under the pile, but he said that God would perform. All Habakkuk needed was the
information; God would supply the power.
The information comes from the Word under the Holy Spirit
anointing.
God supplies our Joy, which brings the New Song, which brings
deliverance.
But we need two ingredients
before God can mix them and create Joy:
1. Like in John 2 at the Cana wedding, we
need to be empty earthen vessels.
No pride, no deceit, just empty and honest.
2. We must fill our empty vessels with
Water, or the Word.
3. Then Jesus takes over and turns the
Water (the Word) into Wine (Joy), and we burst out with the New Song!
What about Paul and Silas in Acts 16:19-31?
When the owners of the slave girl realized that their hope
of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the
marketplace to face the authorities.
They brought them before the
magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into an
uproar by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans to accept or
practice.” The crowd joined in the
attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped
and beaten. After they had been
severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to
guard them carefully. Upon
receiving such orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in
the stocks.
About midnight Paul and Silas
were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening
to them. Suddenly there was such a
violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all
the prison doors flew open, and everybody’s chains came loose. The jailer woke
up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to
kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself!
We are all here!” The jailer
called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. He then
brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord
Jesus, and you will be saved – you and your household” (Acts 16:19-31).
Maybe
something like this happened.
“Paul,
are you ok?” “Sure Silas, I’m
rubbing my sore back up against this moist jail wall trying to get some
relief.” “Paul, do you think they
will kill us?” “I don’t know
Silas, I can’t think about that right now… there is something coming up in my
chest that is overtaking me.”
“What is it Paul?” “I’m not
sure Silas, it feels like music though.”
“Silas, I feel a song coming up and I can’t keep it down.” “Yeah, Paul I feel it too. Here it comes… let’s let it rip!”
And
the notes rose up and flew out of the cell
bars into the next cells.
Then they went out of the jail and hit the
atmosphere. They kept rising in the Ionosphere, the
Stratosphere, and all the other spheres, until the Father bent His neck and said
to an angel, “What is that I hear, angel?” “Ah, Sir, it sounds like music,
but that’s pretty common up here.”
“No, angel, this is different, this sounds New, kind of like a New Song.
”
The
Father could not restrain Himself any longer, He loved the sounds so much and He started tapping His
foot. Since the Earth is the
Lord’s footstool, the Earth reacted pretty violently when it felt the tap of
the Father. “Suddenly there was a
great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison were shaken; and
at once all the doors were opened and everyone’s shackles were unfastened”
(Acts 16:26, Amplified Bible).
In
Isaiah 54:1-3 God says (paraphrased),
“Sing, O Barren woman.
Forget your former shame. Expand your tent. You haven’t been fruitful? Watch Me. Sing
and enlarge your tent so you have a place to put the baby when it comes, not
just one kid but to the left and right.
More than one child, many children; not just one blessing, but many will
be multiplied.”
If
you say, “But I don’t deserve it?”
Don’t believe that. Your
failures only worked to break the oppression and gave God the opportunity to do
His thing in your weakness.
Learn
the life begetting power of singing. Job 38 says the angels
sang at creation. God creates with
song; possibilities we could never develop with our own resources.
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