I want to share a deeply personal part of my prayer life with you.
There are times when words completely fail me in my attempts to communicate with my heavenly Father.
These may be times of great affection and praise, as God's Holy Spirit stirs within me, or times where I am feeling completely lost, and long for my Father's loving presence.
When these deep feelings arise, God instructs us to allow the Holy Spirit to speak on our behalf.
Romans 8:26, "...but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express."
I also believe that music is a language. The Psalms are certainly examples of this. The language of music has always been part of my personal prayer life.
I want to share a piece of music with you, that has been a part of my prayer life for many years.
This particular composition, by John Boswell, features a hauntingly beautiful combination of solo piano and strings.
I will start out my prayer by telling my heavenly Father that I don't possess the words to communicate my feelings and that I would like this music, and the Holy Spirit within me, to communicate my affections.
For my prayer, I am the piano, the Holy Spirit is the strings, and together we are praying, to my great King, through the language of music. No words, simply listening to the music, and desiring it to be a sweet aroma in my Father's presence. Before starting, I ask the Holy Spirit to communicate those things, that lie deep inside of me, that I don't seem to have the ability to express.
Today, I am feeling a deep desire to communicate with my heavenly Father, in this way.
If you care to join, find someplace to be alone, put on some headphones (sounds beautiful in stereo), share with God your deep desire to glorify His name, and let the language of this music, and the Holy Spirit who dwells within, make the most joyful noise unto the Lord.
Continue on to hear the music...
Click the play arrow to hear the music.
Abba Father...
