“Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms. (James 5:13)
The word affliction means to suffer hardship. It is having bills to pay and insufficient funds to pay them. It is having harsh, untrue things said about you as they did to Jesus. There are many kinds of afflictions and Christian people are not exempt from them. Even Paul the apostle had his thorn in the flesh.
In our afflictions we are invited to talk with God. In their midnight affliction in the Philippian jail Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto God. (Acts 16:25)
But there are times when there is no affliction present and all is well. We have a spring in our step, all the bills are paid and there isn’t a cloud in the sky. Let us sing psalms, songs of praise. The Bible says to, “…speak to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord…” (Ephesians 5:19)
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