‘Mankind is looking for two things - a song to sing and a creed to believe.’ - E. Stanley Jones
Our world is not as it should be, creation itself is groaning as in pains of childbirth (Rom 8:22). Every person is seeking something steady and sure. But ‘We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.’ - Hebrews 6:19-20
That is a creed - a collective and corporate anchor of beliefs which leads me to the ‘Rock that is higher than I… (Ps 61:2).’
Every creed becomes a song because our mouths speak from the abundance of our hearts (Lk 6:45). The overflowing song of every Christ-follower steadied by the complete and sure work of Christ is:
‘One generation shall commend Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts.’ - Psalm 145:4
Lord, thank you that we are never left seeking a firm foundation - we have it in You. May our lives be so deeply rooted in that reality that our creeds become our songs. In Your name, amen.
Believing and singing,
AB