In Isaiah, chapter twenty-six, verses one through twenty-one, is a song of rejoicing in Judah. Confident that God will accomplish His redemptive purpose, the saints break out into praise and prayer. Their song concerns God’s triumphant destruction of all evil and the establishment of His kingdom. A song can change a day, potentially brighten a situation, put a momentary smile on someone’s face, and speak volumes for what it can do in a person’s life. The wedding theme song, with or without words, when you think of weddings, the tune “Here Comes the Bride” often comes to mind.
The formal name of this beloved wedding song is the “Bridal Chorus,” composed by Richard Wagner for his opera Lohengrin in 1850. This piece has become a staple in wedding ceremonies, marking the moment when the bride walks down the aisle. However, the first song mentioned in God’s Word began in the Old Testament, in Exodus fifteen, verse one, “Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. This song was sung after the Israelites celebrated the victory God gave them over the Egyptians, when they escaped through the Red Sea that God parted, followed by the Egyptians and their chariots drowning as they tried to catch the Israelites to send them back to Egypt.
In the New Testament, Paul and Silas sang in Acts sixteen, verse twenty-five. The song to the Lord changed the atmosphere these two men that shook the prison in twenty-six, “And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bands were loosed.