Singing With Your Heart

It is Sunday morning, the sun is shining, and everything feels right. You get ready for worship, you put on your tie, and head off in your car. Getting to the building is nice because it feels refreshing. You get to say good morning to all your loved ones, and then it’s off to worship. You open the song book to the page the song leader announces, but then terrible frightening thoughts come into your mind.   You think, “What will people think of me?”, “How will I sound?”, “I cannot sing to save my life!” So, you have a brilliant plan, “I’ll just move my mouth to the words, so that way people can’t hear my atrocious singing!” 

Have you ever done this? Probably all of us have done something like this during our lifetime.  We get so frightened about what others might be thinking of us that we forget what singing is all about.  Notice what the apostle Paul tells us about singing. 

Number one: singing is, “speaking to one another…” (Ephesians 5:19, NASB). So when we sing, we are not singing to ourselves, we are singing to one another for edification and encouragement. We are, in essence, singing to lift each other up with God’s words. 

Number two:  singing is, “…making melody with your heart to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:19).  Singing is not about being the best sounding voice in the crowd, but it is about the heart. God wants our hearts when singing. Not only are we singing for one another’s edification, but we are singing to the Lord as well, with praise and thanksgiving.  

So, next time you go to worship, belt out that voice that God gave you. Whether you have an amazing voice or not the very best (in the world’s terms), God wants your all. We must remember that it is not about whether we sound good or not, God wants our hearts. So sing out loud to encourage your brothers and sisters. Praise God from your heart, by singing to Him with your voice!