June 20 / Springs in the Valley by L.B. Cowman

June 20

And the song sang, and the trumpeters sounded: this continued until the burnt offering was finished. (2 Chron. 29:28, margin)

There is a joy that is attained and another joy that is given. The first joy needs things to make it joy—congenial circumstances, attentive friends; the second joy joys because it is filled with a bubbling spring of internal and eternal gladness—a gladness because it is always in God, and God is always in it. It glows and grows under all circumstances—it sings because it is a song.

It sings after prayer. “Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.” This implies that there must have been a need, a place to fill. As we believe and receive, the song sings!

It sings after faith. “Though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.” Nothing seen and nothing sensed, at least not by natural sense—yet the song sang, and with a fullness of glory not before known.

It sings after yielding. “The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD.” Making room for the Lord is a secret of receiving more of Himself.

It sings after sorrow. “Weeping may endure for a night, but singing [margin] cometh in the morning.” He, who is Light, who gives the morning signal to every feathered songster to tune his song, will also give you a song that sings.

It sings after sacrifice. “Neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy.”

Did you ever find the song that sang of itself in the quiet of your closet, when you heard His “Yes” to your prayer for His glory to come on earth? When nothing was seen of His working for you and your loved ones, did you hear the sweet strains of the song that sang? The world awaits you—the singer with the new song!

Cowman, L. B. E.. Springs in the Valley (pp. 184-185). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.