Leaders, Singers, Vocal Team, Voice, Worship Leading
Then Sings My Soul
#ThenSingsMySoul Music truly is one of God’s greatest gifts. We glorify Him through song, we sing our prayers, we worship through the sounds that all point back to God. Song is also powerful in the way God uses His melody to sing through us.
What causes you to sing, and how are you singing it back to God? “Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!” Psalm 32.11 In the psalms, King David set the example to help us learn how to praise the Master of Music.
In worship, we are to give God thanks with a fixedness of heart. Wandering and straggling thoughts must be quarantined to help us freely give God worth.
Filled With His Songs:
Look here in the Psalms as David directs worship unto the Lord:
“My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my soul.” – Psalm 108.1
From his mouth, soul and gifting, David praises God with all his being. James 3.9 tells us “with the tongue we praise our Lord and Father…” Our tongue is a powerful vessel, and never more so than when it is employed in praising God. David’s skill was found in music; it was his soul and gifting.His beloved art was consecrated to the worship of God. [ctt template=”10″ link=”4YcU_” via=”no” ]Whatever our talent, God desires for us to excel in our gifting as a response back to Him.[/ctt] In our times of solitude or cooperate worship, our praise is to be authentic, affectionate and lively.
Even in times of sorrow, our adoration of God is still alive. Psalms 108.2 goes on to say: “Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.” As in creation, David praises the Lord in a faithful manner. Even in the though times, God’s song is always with us. Let our praise be alive unto God, as the earth is filled with his radiance.
In proclaiming God publicly, may we not be ashamed in our adoration and obligation to Him. With our tongue, voice, gifting and being let’s magnify the mercy and truth of God.
Sing Your Prayers:
Psalm 108.3 says “I will praise you, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.” As we sing, may our words and notes be sung prayers unto God that also proclaim his love for all mankind. Worship is not our gain, but God’s glory. What causes your tongue to sing the praise of God?
How does the Lord use your gifting to be an instrument of praise to Him? What new song is God desiring to hear from you that also reaches the nations?
Nurture The Gift God Gave You:
In my college years, I remember practicing my voice and instrument anywhere from 5 to 8 hours in a practice room everyday. My hours were filled with sight reading, ear training, exercises and studying music theory. I sunk my teeth into everything I could hold onto: guitar studies, chorale and symphony, percussion ensembles, vocal arias and operas, keyboard classes and composition private studies.
Oh well, what other responsibilities are there for a 19 year old college student? It’s been said before, you form most of all your skills between the years of 18-25. The growth continuum after this point declines. It takes double the time, strength and discipline to bend back, regain and raise the trajectory – but you CAN get this back and keep learning!!
Your Identity Is Christ:
My thinking was, if I could be a better musician, I could be just as great as a minister (or worship leader). Man is this royally wrong! I may be skilled, but I would be without the mind and heart of Christ.
A clanging cymbal too. Colossians 1:9 tells us: “For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding.” Our knowledge of the will of God must always be practical.
Like music, but even more so, we must know it in order to do it. Our knowledge is then considered a blessing when we learn from Christ in applying that knowledge to a particular situation. We should endeavor to know more of Christ, His will and to increase in the knowledge of God. This begins by knowing the Word of God. When we know His word, we are learning from the very breath of His lips.
We are to be “filled” with His knowledge. When we are filled with the Word, we are strengthened by His knowledge. We are able to produce good works because we are fruitful (Col 1.10). “I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.” – Psalm 34.1
He Gives, You Give Back:
There is also a doing of good with the good that we know. We become like the Dead Sea when we have all the nutrients and knowledge from God, but do nothing in the form of service to Him or to others. A pianist has all the wisdom and skills he or she needs to play.
But what good can a musician be without their instrument? Ephesians 1 describes how we are already blessed with every spiritual blessing – rooted in the knowledge of Christ. He has given us the capacity to learn and to grow. He has blessed us with countless opportunities to serve with our gifts.
As we serve with our gifts, we point back to Him the glory and thanks that is due to His name. At the end of the day, our effective growth and knowledge in Christ and the pursuit of doing the will of God. [ctt template=”10″ link=”lfcBV” via=”no” ]Skill is one thing, the worship and doing of God\\\’s will is another. @branondempsey[/ctt]
May we live in the prayer of the apostle Paul as he reminds us to be “bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, (Col. 1:10-12).” “Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.” – Martin Luther
@BranonDempsey @worshiptt
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