Make a Joyful Noise

What better way to communicate to the Lord than through prayerful and joyous singing. When a joyful surge of emotion wells up, it is often expressed through song. God’s word is full of verses that encourage believers to worship him through music.

Ephesians 9:15 says we are to speak to each other in psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord.

Colossians 3:16 says to let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

Standing before the tabernacle at the tent of meeting as well as in the temple, cymbals, harps, lyres, and trumpets were all used to worship and glorify the Lord. The Levitical singers along with their sons and kinsmen together with the trumpets of the 120 priests, praised the Lord saying, He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting. Then the house of the Lord was completely filled with a cloud, signifying God’s glory filling the temple. How beautiful it must have been.

The word also says to make a joyful noise unto the Lord. No matter the skill or tone of your voice or whether you can even carry a tune, God is honored when the sound you make comes from your heart.