Sing to the Lord

“Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.” – Exodus 15:1

When we worship, we most often sing. It is an intrinsic response to the glory of God. Are these but songs or do they call us to a deeper reality of God and His purposes?

God does not leave us with an empty mandate to sing His praise, but a reason for singing. He acts in our history in a way that is so dramatic and redemptive that a song forms within us before the invitation to release it is given. We become the tablet upon which a composition of joy is written and we cannot help but shout His glories.

The song of Moses was at once, one of gratitude, adoration, and celebration. It was a hymn of joy and exuberant exaltation. It was performed with gusto and full engagement.

Some of the singing that takes place in churches is pitiful – not because it is not professional. God doesn’t require professionalism – except from professionals. It is not pitiful because it lacks full instrumentation or vocal training, nor because it is not pleasing to the ears or two contemporary or too old or too fast or slow. We are too shy or too boastful; – singing to ourselves or others, but not unto the Lord.

What is pitiful about much of today’s singing is that it lacks full engagement of body, soul, and spirit in exultant praise to God. That is what God desires – for us to be fully present in the singing of His praise – as was Moses in the desert.

Sing unto the Lord.