God Sings Songs For The ForgottenSample

[The audio portion of this devotional is not available on your device. To hear this audio, visit your plan at www.bible.com] "God Sings Songs of Suffering" Are you suffering today? If so, Jesus writes songs for you to express that suffering. Did you know that? Let me explain.  Take for example, Psalm 22. It’s a two-edged poem that reflects much pain and suffering, and it is given to us in God's song-book in the Bible. Steven J. Cole describes the two-edge nature of the Psalm in this way:  “On one level, the psalm refers to some event in the life of David, probably when he was being pursued by Saul. But there is no situation recorded in Scripture where David went through trials to the degree the psalm describes. David is going beyond himself, applying things prophetically to Christ. Thus to do justice to the psalm, we must leave David’s experience and focus on how it applies to David’s son, the Lord Jesus Christ. It describes a death by crucifixion hundreds of years before that mode of execution was known. The details of the psalm were fulfilled by the Son of David, Jesus the Messiah, about 1,000 years after they were written. We are standing here on holy ground. If you’ve ever wondered what Jesus actually said in the Garden of Gethsemane as he wrestled with bearing our sins (the gospels only give a brief synopsis), you probably have it here.” Jesus first words from the cross (like in this Psalm) are "My God, My God, Why have your forsaken me?" His last words from the cross (like in this Psalm) are "It is Finished." In Jewish tradition, to quote the first and last line of a psalm is to imply that you are speaking, referencing, or fulfilling the whole thing in your speaking. In this psalm, David groans in his suffering, as we all do, but ultimately his words point to the payment for all suffering in Jesus' death and resurrection. Ultimately, Jesus' death is a song for all those who are suffering. He understands your cries and he has compassion on, with, and for you. Download our Songs of the Forgotten album now and experience his peace as you sing through your season of suffering and find Jesus' healing in the midst of it all.