365 Devotionals

Sing a New Song!

Sing A New Song!

When studying how birds learn how to sing, a cornell university orithologist raised young bluebirds in isolation from all bird sounds. The birds would give disress and alarm calls, but non attempted to sing.

At six months the researcher played a recording of a robin song for the bluebirds. The totally ignored it. A Baltimore oriole song recieved the same treatment, as did the song of a woodthrush.

Finally, a bluebird song was piped into the cage. MAGIC! The birds hunched down and cocked their heads, listening intently. One, and then another tried to imitate the recording. Withing five minutes they were singing a recognizable bluebird song.

Of Jesus it was said that there was nothing in Him that resonded to Satan's sophistry. So it may be with us.

Satan pipes all sorts of tunes to us in an attempt to trick us into consenting to sin, but we can be as unresponsive to sin as was Jesus. Peter wrote, "Where are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4).

Bluebirds are controlled by bluebird natures, hence they will not respond to the robin's, or to any other nonbluebird song. When Christ dwells in us by His Spirit, we are controlled by His divine nature and by His grace we live without responding to Satan's sophistries.

"I waited patiently for the Lord... and He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God" (Psalm 40:1-3).

He gave me a song, 'twas a new song of praise.

By day and by night its sweet notes I will raise;

My heart's overflowing, I'm happy and free,

I'll praise my redeemer, who has rescued me.

He brought me out of the miry clay,

He set my feet on the rock to stay;

He put a song in my soul today,

A song of praise, hallelujia!

-anonymous