Raise a Hallelujah (I'm gonna sing, in the middle of the storm)
(Bethel Music)
I raise a hallelujah, in the presence of my enemies
I raise a hallelujah, louder than the unbelief
I raise a hallelujah, my weapon is a melody
I raise a hallelujah, heaven comes to fight for me
I'm gonna sing, in the middle of the storm
Louder and louder, you're gonna hear my praises roar
Up from the ashes, hope will arise
Death is defeated, the King is alive!
We're living in a storm today, 16 March 2020.
The Coronavirus is here! We have no vaccine for it!
Schools, churches, businesses are closed, some for two weeks. Who knows, maybe longer.
Supermarkets were cleaned out last week, and it could happen again.
People are being laid off.
The stock markets are losing about 1/3 of their value.
But (some of the) Italians are singing from their balconies. I like that. Good for them, well, it's good if they have hope.
Singing in the middle of the storm is what Paul and Silas did in the Philippian prison, in Acts chapter 16. Why? Because the LORD promised them (and us) that He would never leave them or forsake them. He was with them. And they had a great deliverance!
The LORD said He will never leave you, too, since He is the same today as He was then. And He is no respecter of persons. Do you believe it? Believe it!
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A confirming scripture from Luke chapter 12, NKJV
22 Then He said to His disciples, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. 23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? 25 And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 26 If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?
29 “And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. 30 For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. 31 But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.
32 “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Believe it!
