"They shall sing in the ways of the Lord" (Psalm 138: 5).
The time when Christians begin to sing in the ways of the Lord is when they first lose their burden at the foot of the cross. Not even the songs of the angels seem so sweet as the first song of rapture which gushes from the soul of the forgiven child of God. Believer, do you remember the day when your chains fell off? Do you remember the place where Jesus met you and said, "I have loved thee with an everlasting love; I have blotted out as a cloud thy transgressions, and as a thick cloud thy sins; they shall not be mentioned against thee any more forever" (Jeremiah 31: 3). How wonderful it is when Jesus takes away the pain of sin! It is not only at the beginning of the Christian life that believers have reason for song. As long as they live, they discover cause to sing in the ways of the Lord. Their experience of His constant lovingkindness leads them to say, "I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth" (Psalm 34: 1).