Just Keep Singing!

The other day on the radio a pastor ( I don’t remember his name) came on and asked the questions: When was the last time you stopped and sang at the top of your lungs to praise Him? Even if you didn’t feel like it. When was the last time you sang the Doxology in your car? Not even caring who heard you. Well, these questions reminded me of an experience I had not too long ago.


One night I was driving home from work. I was tired and there was a wall of white fog which was making driving more difficult. I was nervous and anxious about having to drive through that all the way home by myself; until I remembered that I wasn’t alone. Jesus and His angels where there to protect me, all I needed to do was pray.

As I started praying the idea came to me that I should sing! But, then I started to think it through. Who wants to sing at 3:30 in the morning? It’s dark and I need to concentrate on driving through this fog and stay on the right side of the road plus make all the correct turns so I don’t get lost! Then came the silliest thought of all. What if someone hears me?


Well, with those thoughts, I would say that I was struggling with pride. “It is a terrible thing to let pride take you by the hand, his suggestions are so frightfully strong. If you give him reign he can press suggestions home with almost irresistible force.” With this in mind I decided that if I was going to continue home I needed to sing.

So, I began to sing every hymn or parts of them that I could remember, including the Doxology. Every time I thought the fog had lifted and I stopped singing; another white wall would come up. However, every time I started singing again the wall would start to lift. Though the fog never completely lifted; I was learning a lesson.


I finally made it home safely, even though it took longer than usual. I was reminded that Jesus and His angels are always near. All I had to do was call upon His name. “For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12b). When was the last time you broke out in song?

Quote in paragraph four taken from: Hinds Feet on High Places, by, Hannah Hurnard.