KUMBAYAH my Lord

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I feel like singing! I need you, Lord, I'm crying and praying, desiring to be in a position to make my calling and election as I wait for you to come! When you come Lord, come by here! A song by The Natural Branches says, "Let my record show that I did my best and I fought a good fight" if it's my time to go. Have mercy on me Oh God.

Psalm 71 

1 In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.

2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.

5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.

6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.

7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.

9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

On a historical note, now is an excellent time to remember a song our mothers and fathers from the

slavery era left for us. Descendants of slaves in the Gullah Geechee community of Darien in

Southeastern Georgia says Kumbayah means, “Come by here Lord, come by here.” Full of coded

language we sang it in the children’s church was passed down to generations after the captivity.

In Gullah, it was a plea to God for help. Analyze this gift they left for us. Can you unlock this mystery

left to us by our ancestors who were enslaved during the Middle Passage? Upon an in-depth study,

we find out that this is what it means in Hebrew. 

 

KUM BA YAH - Kum (Qum) means to stand up, arise. Ba means to come or coming, Yah is the

name of the Most High, “arise come Yah,” 

 

This cute little song we all know well was a cry for help from our ancestors, trapped in slavery.

Either translation, “come by here Yah” or “arise come Yah” are pleas for the Father for deliverance.

Either translation is a gift to us, and a plea asking The Most High to free our ancestors from slavery.

They remembered scriptures that promised Yah would destroy their enemies when he came. God

promises to return and gather Israel. This is prophesied in Psalm 50, to take place on that great and

terrible day of the Lord. They remembered that when he came, he would devour the enemy with fire.

This song they sang so freely referenced a powerful and very telling Psalm. Matthew 24 said Yah would

send his angels with the sound of a trumpet to gather His children Israel. This song we thought was

harmless and juvenile hinted at the second coming of our Messiah. According to Mark 13, the sun and

moon will be darkened. Our ancestors spoke scripture over us very cunningly. 

Compare Psalm 68:4; the highest praise Hallelujah and the song Kumbayah. If they could have left

but one thing, this was it. It should be a game-changer. What do you deduce from this comparison?

I'm going to up my game, and praise the Lord! 

 Arise Father, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob! Come by here, my house, where there are no graven images and paganism being worshipped.  Help me to make my calling and election sure so I can be sealed before the Savior's second return.  Come by here and tell me when it is time to flee to the wilderness, set up by you, and provide my safe passage to that place of safety. KumbaYah my Lord, arise and come by here. 




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