Songs in the Night

From: More Heart to Heart: Godly Wisdom Woman To Woman By: Valerie Jean Hallowell

• 1 min. read • grade level: 4

“Thou hast visited me in the night.” Psalm 17:3³Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. (Psalm 17:3)

“Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night.” Acts 18:9⁹Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: (Acts 18:9)

“Thou leddest them ... in the night ... to give them light in the way wherein they should go.” Nehemiah 9:12¹²Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. (Nehemiah 9:12)

“Light in the night.” Psalm 105:39³⁹He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. (Psalm 105:39)

“God my maker ... giveth songs in the night.” Job 35:10¹⁰But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; (Job 35:10)

“In the night His song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.” Psalm 42:8⁸Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. (Psalm 42:8)

“The dew fell ... in the night, [and] the manna fell upon it.” Numbers 11:9⁹And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. (Numbers 11:9)

Nights can be long. Fretful babies or unfinished work can keep us awake when we long for sleep. But “He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep” (Psalm 121:4⁴Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. (Psalm 121:4)), and the Lord always shares the night watches with us. He sends His blessings as well. He visits us in the night, speaking to us and leading us. We may not have time to listen in the day, but in the night, when no one else is clamoring for our attention, we can commune with Him. In those quiet hours He brings both light and songs to cheer us. We can silently sing melodies in our hearts and let their truths encourage us and bring us closer to Him. He sends dew in the night, along with manna to refresh and feed us. We might prefer to be sleeping, but we are not alone, and “when they were awake, they saw His glory” (Luke 9:32³²But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. (Luke 9:32))!

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