Again, Walter Brueggemann from "The Prophetic Imagination."
Inversions begin in a change of language and Brueggemann identifies a few. Here is one:
When the new king rules it is new song time (Isaiah 42:10)... The energy comes from the song that will sing Yahweh to his throne and Babylon to her grave. As Abraham Heschel has seen, only people in covenant can sing. New song time is when a new covenant that becomes the beginning for another way of reality is made.
God promises liberation and yet when we are in the middle of the oppressive powers of the day, it is difficult to hear that promise. But then, there is that song...that promise that turns our head. It is catches our attention because it comes from deep within the tradition of liberation that rests at the very heart of who we are as God's people. The song now begins to create a new beat and takes us into what we have not yet experienced. It is a promising note that tickles us and makes us stand up and take a listen and then...even begin to dance a new dance with the One who promises to made things...all things new.
Connection: I think there is a thrill to hearing a new reality break onto the scene. It can be frightening and yet it is the power to set us tapping to another tempo for the day at hand. Sometimes we need to remember that today may start us singing a new song - again.
Lord breeze into this day and let the wind of your renewing life lift us up and show us that which is beyond what is...and yet...within the possibilities of your blessed Reign. Amen.
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