SING TO THE LORD

 

SING TO THE LORD

Is. 6:4 The glorious singing shook the Temple to its foundations, and the entire sanctuary was filled with smoke. NLT

When was the last time you were in a service where the singing was so vibrant and Spirit-moved that it “shook the Temple to its foundations?” Have you given much thought to how you sing in church? Do you sing from your heart, or your head? Do you sing out of a heart full of praise and thanksgiving, or a heart full of pain and sorrow? Do you sing because you want to join in and worship the Lord or you want to join in because that is what you are expected to do? Do you direct your singing to those around you, or to the Lord?

How do you define singing anyhow? Is it not making a joyful noise unto the Lord from the heart? Whether or not you are on or off key is not important to God. What comes out of your heart is. What makes a noise joyful is a heart that is joyful because of the Lord in it. A joyful heart is one which knows the intimacy of the Lord’s presence and swells up in praise because of Him. A joyful heart is a heart that is prepared beforehand to sing His praises because they have already been with Jesus.

When souls gather together and join their hearts together in praise and worship, the singing is such that it will shake the Temple foundation and fill the sanctuary with smoke—the very presence of God himself.

If you are tone deaf like I am, sing unto the Lord. If it is a problem for those around you, perhaps they need to consider whether or not they are singing unto the Lord. We need to encourage one another to sing from our hearts unto the Lord, not hinder one another. A loving heart full of praise is pleasing unto the Lord.

Let all who have a song to sing, sing from their heart unto the Lord this very day. Worship is not confined to an allotted time set aside on a Saturday or Sunday. True worship happens daily as we live out our lives in Christ.