Music is all around us. Song echoes through creation, resounds in the heavens, and springs from the hearts of those who delight in God. From where does this symphony of sound come? If we were to trace all this melody-making to its start, we would discover that music is not a man-made invention. Rather, the source of song is God himself. He is the Sounding Note, the First Singer, and the Sovereign Conductor.
Author of Creation’s Song
Our God is the author of creation’s song. He wrote into being the whisper of the wind through the trees and composed the crashing roar of the ocean upon the shore. The whole world teems with praise to its Maker. At the dawn of creation, “the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy” (Job 38:7). The psalmist says, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork” (Psalm 19:1).
