In the midst of a dark gloomy night, when all hell breaks
loose and things go wrong, it is very difficult to even look to the Heavens to
pray. Either we go into a frantic mode
of endless doing and rushing around or go in a retreat mode of slinking into a
dark corner, some hide under the comfort of a blanket and shut out the world
because situations may become too overwhelming.
Whatever we do, there is a little small thing we can do. it
may start as a small little whisper, and then shrill into some noise, but we
can start, and when we do, it is potent and powerful.
Years ago in 2008, I was perhaps drowning in a dark waters
of which I thought would be no return! I
found it even difficult to pray and even open my Bible. One night I had a dream. I dreamt I was in a place which was dark and
full of slimy creatures, demons. In my
dream I kept rebuking them, and they would slink away, but they kept coming
back after some time. I was finally exhausted in
this dream. Later, in my dream, I finally
started to sing a song. I first sang a
song I knew but later, I started singing words of a new song.. which were made
instantly. In my dream, my voice rung
out loudly…and then the little demons started to flee! Suddenly the sky turned a beautiful blue and
the air around me became clear and clean and beautiful. In my dream, I could hear my own voice
singing and as I awoke, I could still hear echoes of the song resounding. I got up with an amazing clean pure feeling
as if I had met with the Lord in a special encounter in that dream.
I do feel that Jesus revealed to me the secret warfare of
the songs of praise that have the power to dissipate demons. There is a verse, Psalm 149:6 "May the
praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands."
From that day on wards, I found a breakthrough in my
situation and I started to come out of the dark waters and my situation started
to change, more importantly something changed within me.
In the next few days, I opened the Bible and the verse fell
on my eye very clearly as if the Lord was speaking to me directly, " And He
hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it,
and fear, and shall trust in the LORD" Psalm 40:3
Amazing things happen when we learn to sing in dark times,
it may start as a weak whisper, but will some become a powerful torrent under the Holy Spirit and bring forth mighty miracles!
Rita Farhat Kurian
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