“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them (Acts 16:25).

I don’t know if you have ever been in prison, but often it is noisy. As a pastor I have visited in several different prisons. There is at first the terrible noise of the door slamming shut behind you and the locking of the door securing your entry. As you walk further into the system, you can begin to hear the noises of the inmates. It echoes at times in deafening noise. One night long ago another prison was noisy. The only difference was that the two noisy inmates were praying and singing praises to God! From a human perspective, what an unlikely place for a prayer and praise service! But that’s just it. Our Christian life is not lived within the human perspective of the here and now. It is a supernatural life indeed. Paul and Silas surely were not happy. But because of Christ, they could rejoice in Him. Where today will your praise of God be heard and noted?

For today: Our love for the Lord should be able to be seen and heard by the way we live, even in difficult circumstances.