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The Song of Songs
Every person has a song in his life. Some people pursue money; the song they sing in their lives is all about how to make more money, and how to make it faster. Some other people pursue power, and what they sing in their lives is how to get on top of others. Before I met the Lord, the song I sang in my life was the sighing for the empty feeling in my being. Even though at that time when I saw people worshipping different kinds of gods, I would imitate them to do the same thing, I was actually looking for something to satisfy me. I was searching for the very one whom I can depend on and talk to in all kinds of circumstances.
When I was in my fifth grade, one day before the dinner table, Mom told our whole family that she had got then baptized and become a Christian. She also told us that we could call upon the Lord's name whenever we need Him (Romans 10:12-13). In the beginning, I didn't pay much attention to her. I thought she was trying to introduce another god to us just as how she had brought us the other Chinese god statues before I actually said to myself, “Not again!” Nevertheless, that night before I went to bed, I told this Jesus, whom I heard about for the first time, that I wanted to know Him.
One day on my way to school, I suddenly had my asthma again. I felt very nervous since I didn't have my medicine with me. However, what Mom told me about the name of Jesus flowed into my mind. Then, I started to call: “O! Lord Jesus O! Lord Jesus.” And the next thing I realized was a kind of feeling that I had never felt before in my life. I had talked to other gods before, but they never responded to me. Yet, at the moment when I called up on the Lord's name I could feel that He was coming into me (Acts 2:21). I felt so peaceful and joyful. I was astonished about this Person's name. “ How could a name ever be so powerful,” I thought.
Not long after that, I started to go to the children's meeting every Sunday with my mother. When I entered into my sixth grade, I got baptized with my brother. Ever since then, the song in my life has been turned into a love song that is full of joy. Every day, I am decreased, and He is increased in me through the reading of His word (Colossians 2:19). He is so charming and attractive that I am drawn to Him more and more. No matter what kind of situation I am in, He is the source of my joy. He can make my heart to sing. Now I know that His hearts desire is not only to bless me outwardly, but also to cause me to have His life and partake of His divine nature to express Him (John 10:10; 2 Peter 1:4; Romans 8:29). I with all His believers are His expression, and He is the song of songs in our lives.
Joanna Tang | Back to List
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