The Power of Song

"Who hears music, feels his solitude Peopled at once.” 
― Robert Browning
Rev. 14:3 “… and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.” 
When we truly connect, or enter into a song, do we not feel as if we broke out of something restraining, like the skin of a chrysalis – into something much more expansive.
In Rev. 14, the 144,000 could learn a song no one else could. What qualified them to truly sing it wasn’t their ability to sing, but the things they experienced with God. Experience brings a new ability to sing a unique song more than voice lessons. 

 When we sing hymns or praise music, worship depends on our response to the music. Some may sing a song and remain unaffected. Others may sing the same song, and find their heart “peopled” suddenly with soaring thoughts. They may be connected with a deeper desire; or they may be connected with a deeper understanding. Consider these lyrics of one of my favorite songs. 
“Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name”

There is a desire to connect to, not to suffer, but to be able to bless God even though we have suffered. To come to the end of suffering with a deeper affection for God, and a voice that exclaims “God is good!” When we recognize this as a desired state, the lyrics become a prayer. When we have experience it; it becomes a praise.