Sing to the Lord!

What better way to communicate to the Lord than through prayerful and joyous singing. 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.

It was God and God alone who gave the Israelites the strength to conquer multiple enemies and bear a heavy load through their 40-year journey of temptations, trials, and afflictions through the wilderness. It is the reason they made a joyful noise at their special feast days. Standing before the tabernacle at the tent of meeting as well as in the temple, they used cymbals, harps, lyres, and trumpets—all to worship and glorify the Lord.

Like Israel, we too, have been brought out of bondage in our own personal deserts and now stand in Christ as redeemed citizens of the Heavenly Kingdom that is to come for each believer.

No matter the skill or pitch of your voice or whether you can even carry a tune, God is honored when the sound you make comes from a worshipful heart.