The Lord is Our Song
LET’S CELEBRATE HIM WELL
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” - Colossians 3:16
Singing is a major part of our life together. In Sunday’s sermon on Ex 15:1-21, we received a few simple applications for singing in church.
Come to church expecting to meet with and be met by the God who parts the sea - Come with the awareness that the God who conquered the Egyptians by the power of his right hand is the God we all too often treat so casually in worship. Treat this as the holy moment that it is and come into this time ready for a real encounter with the God of gods.
Be on time to sing - Don’t treat this as a non-essential part of our gathering. Prioritize being here with enough time to receive God’s call to worship and sing to the Lord with us.
Sing loud enough for others to hear - So that they’d be encouraged by your voice in those moments where their words are failing them. When they’re broken and struggling to believe. When they’re words feel empty. When you sing to them you declare, “Because this is true for a sinner like me, it can be true for someone like you too.”
Sing expressively - Clap your hands. Stomp your feet. Strive to match the outward expressions of your affections to the realities we’re singing about.
Let’s be a church who loves to sing. Not because we’re the best singers or to put on a show or to get ourselves or our guests caught up with emotions. Let’s be a church who loves to sing because we’re a church that loves God. And when we see his glory in the gospel we just can’t help but celebrate it.