How Can I Keep From Singing?

No Storm Can Shake My Inmost Calm by Br. Mickey McGrath

Matthew 8:23-27 New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Calms the Storm

23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”

26 He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.

27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”

Job 35:10 New International Version (NIV)

10 But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker,

    who gives songs in the night,

My God, My Maker, gives me songs in the night.  What a glorious thought!  Anyone can sing in the day when all is well and the path is clear, but God composes his songs for the night when troubles and fears threaten.  He is my inmost calm; and, when I cling to this rock, I cannot be shaken.  

How Can I Keep From Singing? - Eva Cassidy

My life flows on in endless song;

Above earth's lamentation,

I hear the sweet, tho' far-off hymn

That hails a new creation;

Thro' all the tumult and the strife

I hear the music ringing;

It finds an echo in my soul—

How can I keep from singing?

What tho' my joys and comforts die?

The Lord my Saviour liveth;

What tho' the darkness gather round?

Songs in the night he giveth.

No storm can shake my inmost calm

While to that refuge clinging;

Since Christ is Lord of heaven and earth,

How can I keep from singing?

I lift my eyes; the cloud grows thin;

I see the blue above it;

And day by day this pathway smooths,

Since first I learned to love it,

The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,

A fountain ever springing;

All things are mine since I am his—

How can I keep from singing?